Merry Land Trip

The Maryland trip was far from Merry for CSU and myself for our first game of the year(First Glenn was not on the road and that’s my boy so thats a bad start). We came out of the gate strong and were down 12 at the half. After that it fell apart fast for us in the 2nd half, but were still a young team that’s maturing. Being on my first road trip was nice but, I happened to break one of my cardinal rules as a walk on. Don’t draw any extra attention to myself and just go about my business. Friday afternoon we were done shoot around at one and had off till pre-game meal at 4. At 2 I decided to take a nap and set my usual 6 alarms for 3 30 so I could get up and shower. When the alarms went off I turned that off and reset them for 4 50 and went back to sleep figuring an extra 20 minutes of sleep would help me cheer a bit harder on the sideline.(forget the shower it doesn’t matter how I look) The alarm that I did reset was great if pre game meal was at 5 unfortunately it was at 4 and in my sleepy haze I showed no mental toughness and entered the wrong time. When I heard the knock at my door and saw coach Powell standing there telling me that it was 4 12 I thought about every excuse possible as I struggled past that sick to my stomach feeling. You may wonder what happened to my roommate’s alarm, I have been so solid on waking him up he decided not to set one. After the meal the coach called us over and told me that I was suspended and my roommate would not be starting the game. That doesn’t meant that I would have gotten in but it works out great as my excuse. If anyone has ever sat in the seats at the Maryland bench they may have thought I was late on purpose. These quite possibly were the nicest seats I have ever sat on. Don’t ask Big Pat Shaunnessey if he liked them somehow he managed to hit the floor twice while trying to sit in them. After the game I was able to see some family, friends, and 2 older guys that I play pickup basketball with at 6 am over the summer. They had seats in first row practically on the end of our bench. It was great to have the support at the game.

My last point is some great news for all walk-ons around the country. I don’t know how many schools put their walk-ons the media guide, but I was lucky enough to be placed on the front of it with the other 2 seniors. This I feel like is a great stride for anyone who has ever sat the bench on any team. I may not play but if you have the media guide you will get to see me at least looking like I play…. There will be another blog coming soon because I have actually got into 2 games now. Its amazing but ill update on next blog that I write.
SWEENEY