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Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Why bother with Winston-Salem St.?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Hard to go into Tech’s game tonight against Winston-Salem State with any kind of expectations, other than for it to be a rout. They’re independent, in their first year in Division I, and they’re 1-16 with one win over a non-Division I opponent.
I have a hunch St. Francis would smoke WSSU.
I guess it’ll be interesting to watch how playing time is parceled out in the first 12 minutes or so, but I doubt it’ll matter much after that. Maybe not that long. Perhaps it will help Alade Aminu gain more experience, as his playing time will pick up in meaningful games if Zach Peacock’s fractured cheekbone keeps him out. I have a hunch, though, that Zach will be back in action by the Duke game next Wednesday, maybe even by this Saturday, when a trip to Clemson will be a real eye-opener.
Tonight kinda reminds me of when I was a kid. Me and other hoodlums used to have contests to see who could jump off the highest thing. Garages, houses, tree limbs, whatever. I guess it was a contest of bravery, or, in retrospect, stupidity. And I wonder why my knees are a wreck now, why I’ve had three scopes for cartilage deterioration.
This game looks like a silly jump which can lead to little or no lasting good.
