Sure – right this very second we are sitting in our living room watching College Gameday (the FOOTBALL version). We’ve watched the highlight of Tennessee nearly beating Alabama. They’ve given Tennessee the edge today (must be the home field advantage) over number 25 South Carolina. Lee Corso has said, “Not so fast my friend” about 100 times already. And we are hardly paying attention to it at all. I guess it’s sort of a “basking in the afterglow”…
Because a significant event happened last night. Bruce Pearl officially unveiled the 2009-2010 basketball team! And what a team it is. Fast on offense with lots of fast breaks packed with an unrelenting defense that guards the ball for the full 94 feet. And they let it loose last night against North Alabama last night in a 117 to 79 exhibition victory.
And that’s not all. Obviously, in an exhibition game, you don’t have all of the pieces plugged together yet. Bruce has enough talent this year that is having trouble getting it down to a 8 or 9 man rotation (he played 14 people last night). And even with scoring 117 points, Bruce admitted that he only has about 10% of the offensive plays in place.
So sure – we’ll be watching some football today. And we’ll watch Tennessee take on “the ol’ ball coach” and South Carolina tonight. But watch out. Roundball is coming to a television near you!
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