It looks like a random collection of letters. Apparently it's a real word.
It means a a fear of Friday the 13th. TigerBlog would more fear having to pronounce it than anything to do with Friday the 13th itself.
Today is Friday the 13th. It's the second and last one of 2018 (if you forgot, the other one was in April). If you're petrified, or even mildly uneasy, about Friday the 13th, then when you get through this one, you won't have to worry about another one until September of 2019.
Of course, not all Friday the 13ths are equal. This one is for a July weekend, and how can anyone get that uptight about a Friday in the summer?
We're just six weeks away from the start of the 2018-19 athletic year here. The first event, women's soccer at New Hampshire, is 42 days from today.
Opening kickoff for football is three weeks later, in Indiana against Butler. The home opener is 10 weeks from tomorrow, when Monmouth is on Powers Field at Princeton Stadium.
There are six home games for the Princeton football team in 2019. After the trip to Indiana, there are just three more away games - at Columbia, at Harvard and at Yale. Remember, this is the year the schedule has changed, so the season ends against Penn now.
That's all for later on though.
For this weekend you have the World Cup third-place game (England vs. Belgium) tomorrow and then the final Sunday (France vs. Croatia).
TigerBlog is predicting a 2-0 Croatia victory. He's actually fascinated by the third-place game and why they still have it, for one thing. Also, how hard will the teams play? Do they care?
They have to be crushed that they're not playing Sunday. The game itself means nothing. Will it just be going through the motions?
TigerBlog, as you know, is also interested in the World Championships of lacrosse, which are currently going on in Israel.
There were a ton of games yesterday, including the Ireland-China game TigerBlog was interested in that one because of Princeton rising sophomore Andrew Song, a longstick midfielder for the Tigers.
Ireland won 18-3, but Song and China get right back at it again today, against Denmark at 5:30 this afternoon in Israel or 10:30 this morning in the Eastern time zone. You can see that game on ESPN+, which is also the new home for livestreaming of Ivy League events starting this fall, so you might as well get your subscription now.
TigerBlog Jr. worked at two games yesterday - Germany vs. South Korea and Mexico vs. Latvia. Germany won its game 19-5, with two goals and an assist from TBJ's Sacred Heart teammate Alex Weiss.
TB watched the Israel-Jamaica game on ESPNU and then the United States-Iroquois game on ESPN2 yesterday.
The first game was close for a quarter, though there was a sense that Israel was just better, which proved to be the case in an 11-3 win. As for the second game, there was a lot to that one.
The Iroquois had passport issues that caused the team to miss the 2010 event in England. This time around, the Iroquois were able to get there, but not until a few hours before the opening face-off against the U.S.
Despite sitting on a plane for 11 hours and then getting off and playing, the Iroquois had a 7-5 lead at the half. The U.S. team rallied, finally winning 17-9, and Princeton alum Tom Schreiber had a big goal during the 5-0 run that turned the game around in the third quarter. Schreiber finished with two goals and two assists.
Schreiber hasn't been his usual best-player-in-the-world self since he injured his knee during the indoor National Lacrosse League season, but he looked pretty good yesterday in terms of movement.
The U.S. pulled away against the Iroquois, who finished third four years ago. You have to give the team credit for the effort yesterday, and they'll be tough once they're full acclimated. Having said that, TigerBlog doesn't think they could beat either the U.S. or Canada in a semifinal game.
The other two Princeton alums in Israel play today against each other, as Alistair Berven and England take on Zach Currier and Canada. That game is at 9 pm in Israel or 2 pm here.
There are a lot of chances to see Schreiber and Currier this weekend, including head-to-head Sunday at noon (Eastern) on ESPNU. The U.S. also is on ESPNU tomorrow at 7:30 am against Australia, followed by Canada-Scotland at 11 am Eastern on ESPNU.
At the same time, don't just spend your weekend watching soccer and lacrosse on TV.
Make sure you get outside too and do some summer weekend things.
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