Today was pretty rainy. Not wanting to destroy our sodden fields, we went up to Boyden and played a few games of five on five full court basketball. Our performance can be summed up in two words: We Suck.
I guess ultimate doesn't necessarily translate into basketball skilz. I don't think that I played too poorly, generally playing alright on defense, but I am lost on the offensive end of the basketball court. I think most of my teammates felt the same way. It was a sloppy show from all of us.
Patuluk played today, the first bit of physical activity he's had in a little bit (he retweaked a hamstring a week and a half ago). In spite of that, he looked good and says that he feels alright. Patuluk should be good to go for Purple Valley, which is good because of the number of players we will be missing this weekend. As of now, I'm not sure what our complete numbers are going to be, but I doubt that they will be very good.
A matter of concern has been the recent announcement of the C1 Ultimate League that is planning to compete with the UPA College Series. I think that such a league makes sense, but their attempt to snag the top twenty-five teams college teams in the nation falls flat. Looking for representation from every region of the country, C1 seems to have arbitrarily chosen some teams while excluding other teams that would be just as competitive if not better. Such a league increases the competitiveness of the top few teams while totally swamping the hopes of everybody else. I don't think it's fair to put some teams over others without even giving them an opportunity to play for the honor. With the annual turnover in college ultimate, it is impossible to predict which of the mid-level competitive programs are going to be good and which are going to be busts.
I'm going to take a shower now. Sometime tonight or maybe in the next couple days I'm going to post a more complete analysis on my thoughts of this C1 jingo-jango.
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