Another Cinderella story, or three
Darren Zancan
Issue date: 1/28/10 Section: Sports
Meet the Parents was on television this weekend. One of the funniest scenes in the movie takes place in a pool. Ben Stiller is taking part in a rousing game of water volleyball. Everyone around him realizes he is about as good at volleyball as Ben Affleck is an actor.
So Stiller spikes the ball, and in all his glory, gloats, as if he just won the match for his team. Instead he gave his soon to be sister-in-law, a bloody nose.
If you have seen the movie, you'd know Stiller goes on a ridiculously bad streak of unfortunate accidents.
If you have seen any of our sports teams play recently you would know three of them have been a part of some ridiculously, amazing streaks.
The football team had the second longest non-losing streak (snapped this year) in all of college football. Only Florida State fared better. The Colonels went 31 years between losing seasons.
With the amount of parity in college sports these days, a statistic like that is impressive.
The men's basketball team reeled off 19 straight home wins dating back to December of 2008, breaking a record set during the 1990-91 season.
They had the sixth longest streak in division one basketball before losing to Morehead State this past week.
With Mike Rose gone from the team, there were question marks heading into the season, but with a solid record and familiar faces stepping up, the Colonels have another shot to make a run to the NCAA Tournament.
The team I really want to focus on is a team that went under the radar most of the year.
In fact, they are my early picks for the 2009-2010 Darren Zancan Team of the Year award. Ok I just made it up, but with my creative thinking, I just decided two columns from now will in fact be the first half of the year awards given out to the best of the best at Eastern.
They lost 13 games in a row to start the season. During that 13 game losing streak they lost 27 of 28 matches. They also suffered a three game losing streak. An OVC tournament spot looked completely out of reach.
So Stiller spikes the ball, and in all his glory, gloats, as if he just won the match for his team. Instead he gave his soon to be sister-in-law, a bloody nose.
If you have seen the movie, you'd know Stiller goes on a ridiculously bad streak of unfortunate accidents.
If you have seen any of our sports teams play recently you would know three of them have been a part of some ridiculously, amazing streaks.
The football team had the second longest non-losing streak (snapped this year) in all of college football. Only Florida State fared better. The Colonels went 31 years between losing seasons.
With the amount of parity in college sports these days, a statistic like that is impressive.
The men's basketball team reeled off 19 straight home wins dating back to December of 2008, breaking a record set during the 1990-91 season.
They had the sixth longest streak in division one basketball before losing to Morehead State this past week.
With Mike Rose gone from the team, there were question marks heading into the season, but with a solid record and familiar faces stepping up, the Colonels have another shot to make a run to the NCAA Tournament.
The team I really want to focus on is a team that went under the radar most of the year.
In fact, they are my early picks for the 2009-2010 Darren Zancan Team of the Year award. Ok I just made it up, but with my creative thinking, I just decided two columns from now will in fact be the first half of the year awards given out to the best of the best at Eastern.
They lost 13 games in a row to start the season. During that 13 game losing streak they lost 27 of 28 matches. They also suffered a three game losing streak. An OVC tournament spot looked completely out of reach.
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