14-9

TigerBlog didn't watch too much college football this past weekend. 

Actually, he didn't watch too much football period, college or pro.

He's still rooting for the Giants, his favorite team for his entire life. Were it not for Jason Garrett as the team's Offensive Coordinator, TB would no longer be even remotely interested. 

When TB was a kid, his favorite pro teams were the Giants, the Mets, the Knicks and the Islanders. Eventually, he began to root for the Devils instead of the Islanders because 1) the Islanders were no longer winning Stanley Cups and 2) the Devils were The New Jersey Devils, an actual, genuine New Jersey team.

Yes, the Giants and Jets played at the Meadowlands. But they were always, and still are, New York teams. 

It's fascinating to TB that his first memories of watching sports on TV include the Red Holtzman Knicks. He had no idea back then that he'd come to learn way more about Bill Bradley than just what he saw on his TV screen.

As for the Giants, they fell to 0-5 yesterday with their loss to the Cowboys. That ties them for the best record for an NFL team in New York, or, you know, New Jersey. For that matter, the Jets and Giants have as many wins as Princeton, who isn't playing this fall.

The Jets also fell to 0-5 yesterday with a non-competitive showing against the Cardinals. TB's interest in the Jets is mostly in Manish Mehta, the former Princeton Office of Athletic Communications assistant who is now the Jets' beat writer for the New York Daily News.

TB heard Manish on WFAN with Danielle McCartan, for an interview that aired during Danielle's "McCartan After Midnight" show Friday night, well, actually, Saturday morning. It actually aired at 4:40 am.

No, TigerBlog was not listening to the interview in the middle of the night. He listened to it Saturday afternoon while he rode his bike.

If the name Danielle McCartan is familiar to Princeton fans, it should be. She's the same person who did a lot of Princeton women's basketball games on the old Ivy League Digital Network and then in Year 1 of ESPN+. 

In addition to being an aspiring broadcaster, she's also a teacher. And she's been a coach. It makes for a busy schedule, TB supposes.

She's gone from Princeton games to overnight on the weekends on WFAN, which is the No. 1 sports talk radio station in the country. Her interview with Manish was very strong, with some humor, some tough questions - like asking Manish about his support for Jets' coach Adam Gase at first, something that's obviously changed. 

It was a good question to ask, and Manish answered it perfectly, talking about how things can change sometimes. She didn't duck the question, and he didn't duck the answer. It made for very good radio. So did the fact that she's very knowledgeable and very personable without trying too hard to be funny or edgy. TB was impressed.

Anyway, this weekend was the first time since the COVID situation began that Danielle was back on the air. 

This weekend also would have been the Princeton football game at Army. The teams have played 13 times, and Princeton leads the series 6-4-3. 

Of course, there is a bit more to it than just the numbers. Princeton and Army played twice in the 1980s, with Army's having won both. Before that, you go back 77 years to find another meeting. 

Hopefully, it won't be 77 more until they can make the schedule work. By the way, of the 13 games, there were eight that were played in 1908 or earlier, including four in the 1800s.

Anyway, Army replaced Princeton with the Citadel, and the teams played Saturday at Michie Stadium. TB was expecting a high-scoring Princeton-Army game. In fact, he told someone Saturday that he thought it would have been 42-28 Army, or something like that.

The game between Army and the Citadel, though, ended 14-9 Army.  It was lower scoring and closer than TB figured, as Army improved to 4-1 and the Citadel fell to 0-4.

The result made TB rethink his position. Princeton definitely would have won. 

Hey, why not.

Oh, by the way, the final score of the game between Army and the Citadel?

Where have Princeton fans seen that score before?

Think about it. You'll figure it out.