So this really happened to TigerBlog the other day.
He was driving along a two-lane road when he came across a sign indicating that one lane would be closed ahead due to tree work that was going on. This happens all the time, right?
As always, there were two people on either side of the work area with signs that said "Slow" and "Stop." You've seen this a million times.
Ah, but this time was different. As TB sat as the second car on the "Stop" side, a replacement worker came to take over the sign. When Worker A handed over the sign to Worker B, it fell onto the ground between them. When Worker B picked it up, it was facing the wrong way, so that both sides of the road now had the "Slow" sign.
Fortunately, the car in front of TB figured out what had happened and only moved up about 10 feet. Then Worker B turned the sign around.
If that was TigerBlog's job, he'd have the sign facing the wrong way somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 percent of the time.
As for today, if you need directions to the home fencing meet, you head to C level of Jadwin Gym, where the Tiger men and women will be hosting Wagner at 10 and then the women will host Cornell at 2. The Ivy League fencing round-robin championships, by the way, will be held Feb. 7-8, also in Jadwin Gym.
If you need directions to go to the men's volleyball match tonight, TB can't really help you, since it's at UC-Irvine, starting at 9 Eastern.
The Tigers played two exhibition matches last week in Canada, defeating Toronto Metropolitan and McMaster. Now they find themselves in California for the first three official matches of the 2026 season, with UC-Irvine tonight and then USC Friday and Concordia Tuesday.
Looking ahead, you know what is one month from today? Hint - TigerBlog is not referring to Valentines' Day.
The Princeton men's lacrosse season opener is only 31 days away, at home Feb. 14 at noon against Penn State. It's the start of an incredible schedule, one that sees the Tigers — ranked third in the preseason by USA Lacrosse — play four other top nine teams in 15 days. After the opener against No. 9 Penn State, Princeton will then play at No. 1 Maryland and host No. 2 Syracuse and No. 5 North Carolina.
That's quite a way to start. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate.
The lacrosse opener for the men comes seven days before the women open their season at Loyola. It also comes one day after the softball team begins its season in Jacksonville.
The Tigers will play five games in three days that first weekend, with two against Stony Brook and single games against Jacksonville, North Florida and Iona. Princeton will then play games in North Carolina and California before the home opener — which is two months from today.
And what else is there today, after looking ahead one month and two months? How about looking back?
TigerBlog found this quote about the state of college athletics by a former administrator:
"No sane man would deny the value of athletics. But the value of athletics depends on our ability to place this interest in a certain relation to all other interests. The correct relationship is indicated by the word 'sport;' the wrong relationship, by the word 'business. College athletics in this country have largely become a business, and have consequently ceased to be a 'sport.'"
Was this in reference to NIL? The transfer portal?
Nope.
When was it? That would be Jan. 14, 1926, which, if you're not paying attention, was 100 years ago today.
He came back to Princeton in 1919 and became the chair of the Department of Philosophical Studies two years later. He returned to his native country in 1926 to finish his teaching career but did return to Princeton for a series of lectures in 1934, two years before his death at the age of 53.
He had quite a life, no?
And with that, you have a wide range of subjects for your Wednesday.
Now you can go Slow. Or is that Stop?
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