1. Here are my two quick observations after watching some college basketball today. First, I'd like to know what Villanova Coach Jay Wright is thinking about the stamina of his starting five and sixth man Caleb Daniels. These six players played all but five minutes of the Wildcats strenuous game against Purdue and, just like on November 12th against UCLA, Villanova lost a double digit lead in the latter stages of the second half and lost the game. Today Purdue defeated Villanova, 80-74. Villanova's players showed signs of fatigue in their errant late game shooting from the floor and by missing free throws. The always reliable Collin Gillespie made a costly mental and physical error late in the game, making an ill-advised crosscourt pass that a Purdue player intercepted and dunked.
Now, yes, Purdue has a superb team, make no mistake. It appeared to me that the difference in team depth marked a key difference between them and Villanova today. As the game entered its final minutes, Purdue was fresher and springier and bolted by Villanova for their great win.
My second observation is that Arizona made a very good choice when the school hired longtime Zag assistant coach Tommy Lloyd to be their head coach. Lloyd inherited a talented Arizona team and had them playing together very well today. Arizona overpowered and crushed the highly touted Michigan Wolverines, 80-62.
2. Debbie and I got all gussied up and went to Wallace to watch Carol and Paul and the rest of the cast perform in a musical revue Paul composed called, "The Fall Follies". Paul dramatized himself as having been summoned by the ghost of one of the founders of the Sixth Street Melodrama, Sherrill Grounds, to put on a show paying tribute to the Ziegfeld Follies. Paul served as the Master of Ceremonies and was our teacher, in a way, providing information about the Ziegfeld Follies and also introducing a series of songs, three Will Rogers sketches, and an excerpt from the Fannie Bryce's radio program, The Baby Snooks Show.
I enjoyed listening to so many tried and true songs. Some of them made me think back to the "Follow the Bouncing Ball" cartoons we used to watch on television as kids. Watching Joy Persoon perform transported me back to our choir days together at North Idaho College and while I was enjoying watching and listening to her in the present, I also indulged in some warm memories of choir and Cardinal Chorale performances. I also enjoyed how the audience responded -- many laughs, enthusiastic applause, and great appreciation toward the end of the cast when the cast broke into "God Bless America" and audience members stood and joined in.
3. Originally, Debbie and I were going to the home of Pulaski Porter, the City Limits Pub and Grill, and have a beer and something to eat.
We changed our minds.
We drove back to Kellogg and dropped in at Radio Brewing.
Radio has some lighter food to eat and that's what we were in the mood for and, as a bonus, Molly Roberts was working this evening.
We had a great party at Radio Brewing. I took a rare day off of the SAVE THE PORTER campaign and truly, madly, deeply enjoyed Radio's perfectly balanced IPA, the 43 is For Me, a satisfying ale brewed with all Idaho hops. I hadn't enjoyed a pint (or two and a half) of good old American/West Coast IPA for a while and this one really hit the spot this afternoon.
So did our bite to eat: it was warmed pita bread with stuff to put on it I'd never heard of before and since Radio's current menu isn't posted on line, I can't tell you the name of it. All I can say is that it was perfect.
So was shooting the breeze with Molly, having a visit with Mike Pierce, and listening to the somewhat random songs that came over the Cake station on Pandora.
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