So TigerBlog had about an hour between meetings yesterday in Orlando, and he figured he'd go get something to eat.
There was a little place that said "Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch" that was about a 15-minute walk from his hotel, so off he went. He had an omelette with a fruit salad, and it was very good. When the bill came, he reached into his pocket to get his credit card ... and found out that the only thing he had with him was his room key.
Interestingly, the "Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch" place doesn't take room keys.
TB began to explain to his waitress what the situation was and how he could run back his hotel and get the money and get back in the afternoon. Instead, she told him that she'd take care of the check, because the place closes at 2:30 and TB didn't have time to get back before that. When he told her that he'd be back first thing in the morning with the money, she said "if you do, that's great. If you don't, then 'Merry Christmas.'" She couldn't have been nicer about it.
Anyway, rest assured that, if you're reading this after 8 am or so, that TigerBlog has settled his debt — with a significant tip. And had another omelette.
How nice was that of her though, right?
TigerBlog has never been a fan of cold weather, so some December days in Central Florida have been quite welcome. The temperature was right around 70 yesterday and will approach 80 the next two days.
As he mentioned yesterday, he's here for the Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches' Association, which began yesterday with a full day of meetings. His role is on the NCAA rules committee, which met in the morning and then made a presentation to the full coaching body for Divisions I, II and III in the afternoon about this year's rules changes and points of emphasis and what might be ahead.
There are more meetings today, and then Saturday night is the IMLCA Hall of Fame dinner, at which Princeton's legendary coach Bill Tierney will be one of the inductees. Coach T, of course, was long ago inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, and the IMLCA one is a relatively new one.
Meanwhile, back in the Northeast, there are two Princeton athletic events today. The men's hockey team is at Sacred Heart, as TB mentioned yesterday.
In addition, the wrestling team is at Rutgers. This has become a great local wrestling rivalry, and nobody epitomizes New Jersey wrestling quite like Tiger head coach Joe Dubuque, a two-time high school state champion at Glen Ridge High in North Jersey before going to win two NCAA titles at Indiana.
If you know Coach Dubuque at all, you know he's all in on this event. Dubuque's first match as Tiger head coach was against his alma mater. His second is now against the in-state Big Ten rival.
Rutgers comes in ranked 13th in the country, and every wrestler in the lineup is ranked.
This is from the preview story:
The upcoming dual between Rutgers and Princeton will be their 86th meeting since the 1930-31 season. In the all-time series, Rutgers is ahead with a record of 46 wins, 34 losses, and 5 ties, having secured victories in 24 of the last 25 matchups. Last season, the Scarlet Knights barely edged the Tigers with a 17-16 victory at Jadwin Gymnasium.
The match begins at 6 at Jersey Mike's Arena.
The next two basketball games are in the Philadelphia area, with the men at St. Joe's Sunday at 1 and the women at Villanova Monday at 7.
TigerBlog has a feature story coming out soon about Caden Pierce of the men's team and Ellie Mitchell of the women's team and their ridiculous ability to rebound. The story is packaged with a video of the two.
The most amazing thing about the story, or at least about the interviews for the story, is how much the two have in common. For that matter, there were many times that Pierce and Mitchell answered a question with the exact same words.
Not to give it all away, but the bottom line appears to be that if you want to be a great rebounder, a good place to start is by being the youngest child with only older brothers.
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