Sam German was a British chocolatier who introduced his own brand of chocolate, German chocolates, in 1852. Fast forward over a century later to 1957, when an anonymous homemaker (with presumably too much time on her hands) submitted the recipe for German chocolate cake (dispelling the myth that it was a creation from Germany). The recipe called for Sam's baker's chocolate, combined with coconut, and native pecans. Mr. German would be surprised that this was, in a way his legacy. And I don't think Hitler would have had the luxury to taste this treat. If he did, he'd embrace it just as much as exterminating the Jews, that's for sure.
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I'm blogging this outside the doors of the green entrance of the Mike & Arline Walter Pyramid. This is the smoking zone. Thank God there are no puffers right now. I write this at the top of the steps. Below me is the Ukleja Family Hall of Honor, where a meeting with Diane Higgs and the Graduate Program in Sport Management would be in order in a couple hours. (As of this blog, it's already done.)
The Dirtbags have finished their afternoon training, and have headed off to their dorms, homes, classes and what-have-you. They would clash with the National Chumps from Rice University in about two weeks time, kicking off a schedule to die for, especially if you're from the Boston Red Sox.
I am writing about Friday's volleyball contest against UC San Diego. A buzzer sounds. Practice is going on, with Mary Hegarty's women's basketball team practicing for the game against Pacific and Jake "the Snake" Harry on Thursday. Looking at the Tritons' record (4 wins and 7 losses) as the Campus Bell rings 5:00, the Tritons come into the contest like lambs to the slaughter. They are just as talented as, say, our men's basketball team. I have to question Monson's uniform last Saturday. I mean, what the hell what he trying to impersonate. Bloody Chuck Norris? An impersonation that Billy Barty could have done better at? Or has this poor guy lost his mind, like I did when we fell to Bakersfield (oh mercy, I don't want to take about that game)? I leave it to your responsibility to ask the Taekwondo Master about that. I was in awe with his ability to accurately kick the advertisement board in frustration like a side show gone wrong. I have my way of showing my frustration, but Dan Monson takes it to a higher [sic] level. The student is pleased.
Now, back to the fools from La Jolla. First off, WHY is Kevin Ring still their head coach? I mean, heading into the season he was 7 and 50. As in 7 wins, and 50 losses. (He currently is at 11-57 heading into this match.) Note that the Department of Athletics web site does not mention about the inept record in Ring's bio, because if that was mentioned, their would be severe recruiting repercussions.
Also, the team is playing without one of their aces, so to speak. Their Donovan Morris of the team, if you will. His name is Will Ehrman, a 5-11 sophomore from Punahou, in Honolulu, and he is out due to a severe injury. Because of this, the Tritons are playing the type of volleyball that is so poor, their women would dust them off. Atrocious. That's why they come into this match like lambs to the slaughter. Everyone in the Pyramid (even the UCSD faithful) knows that the Tritons are going to be sandwiched, roofed, aces, killed, and every expletive by the likes of Paul "The Chopman" Lotman, Dustin "The Stache" Watten, Mean Dean Bittner, Danny Arcadia (Dan Alexander), Michael P. Klipsch (Setterney At Law), Fletcher Anderson (a.k.a. #8), and Tommy "Cretino" Pestolesi and the crew.
Now here's the kicker: in our last game with these punks, we had a rough year of our own. One of those defeats (17 in all, against 11 wins), did come at the hands of the Tritons, in La Jolla. This was the first defeat in 10 matches, snapping a winning streak dating back to the days of the Great Touzinsky (Scott). And the kicker after that: the last time those Tritons won here was in 1983 - in the Gold Mine, during Ray Ratelle's second season, with Bob Ctvrtlik at the controls! Those punks have never won a match at the Myd, and the last time they won a game was in 1995, in Game 2. That was the only gmae they EVER one. The last time they were here, they were swept. Overall, they are 3-47 against us (as of right now).
I think the Tritons owing us some fish and chips after this glorified scrimmage is over has a nice Ring to it. Don't you think?
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