Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:34 pm
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:42 pm
chairclanger wrote:This game brings me full circle to the first "Big Game" I attended as a freshman at CU on March 5, 1977. The Jays still played as an independent that year as they would rejoin the MVC in 77-78. We had a good team led by Coach Tom Apke and his younger brother, star forward Rick Apke and point guard Randy Eccker. Marquette came to the Civic, and would go on to win the NCAA tournament 3 weeks later. The Jays grittily hung with them for awhile, but Marquette easily pulled away and won 72-60. Al Maguire had his "aircraft carriers", Bo Ellis, Bernard Toone and Jerome Whitehead, and they just physically overwhelmed us. Cut to last night, #1 UConn comes to town with a physically imposing team. But the Jays aren't the Little Engine That Could anymore. We can go toe-to-toe with the #1 team in the nation, take their best punch, get off the floor and knock them out. As I reveled in the victory, I realized that the most surprising thing about this victory is that I wasn't surprised. How far we have come.
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:57 pm
.chairclanger wrote:This game brings me full circle to the first "Big Game" I attended as a freshman at CU on March 5, 1977. The Jays still played as an independent that year as they would rejoin the MVC in 77-78. We had a good team led by Coach Tom Apke and his younger brother, star forward Rick Apke and point guard Randy Eccker. Marquette came to the Civic, and would go on to win the NCAA tournament 3 weeks later. The Jays grittily hung with them for awhile, but Marquette easily pulled away and won 72-60. Al Maguire had his "aircraft carriers", Bo Ellis, Bernard Toone and Jerome Whitehead, and they just physically overwhelmed us. Cut to last night, #1 UConn comes to town with a physically imposing team. But the Jays aren't the Little Engine That Could anymore. We can go toe-to-toe with the #1 team in the nation, take their best punch, get off the floor and knock them out. As I reveled in the victory, I realized that the most surprising thing about this victory is that I wasn't surprised. How far we have come.
Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:02 pm
Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:36 pm
bluejayfan00 wrote:
The guy cannot help himself
Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:50 pm
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Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:58 pm
bird_call wrote:Great day to be a Jay!
On a totally unrelated note, alumni relations gave a call today.