The big weekend

I woke up this morning to Paul Silvi and Andy Savage talking about my E-mail to Paul about his coverage of the Apple Cup. I was mad that he showed Brink getting sacked and then the Husky's sacking the Cal QB. I did not think it was balanced to show bad for the Cougs and good for the Huskys. So they talked about that a little bit.

I got into work and did some typical maintenance on my computer. Terry told me I should take off early to beat the possible bad weather in the pass. So I left a little after noon. I had plans to go see the men and women Cougar basketball games.

I got into Colfax and talked to Mark, my neighbor. I told him about the upcoming search for the broken pipe. I then called Ryan. We met up near Stimpson. Then we drove to Beasley to see the basketball games.

We filled out the contest forms for the women's game. Near the beginning of the game Ryan's name was called as a contestant for one of the events. He had five seconds to go the length of the court and make a layup. He missed it. The ball hit too low and bounced off the backboard. It hit the rim and then to the ground. It was cool that he was called.

Between games we went to fill out more contest forms. There were about five hundred more people for the men's game than the women. During the game out of the corner of my ear I heard Glenn Johnson announce my name as one of the contestants. I went to the contest area. I said Brian Waterman from the fire department there. He said hello to me. I was going to do an event where I had to put on a coat, gloves, and a hat then shoot as many free throws as I could in forty-five seconds.

I came back at the appointed time. I was going against one other person. We were talked to center court. Glenn announced our names again. He said Scotty should be able to get his stuff on quick because he has practice at the fire department. We were told to go. I threw the over my head and went to put my arms in. My left arm did not go in. I realized quickly that the sleeve as inside out. So I tried to straighten it out. It would not. So I took it off and had a hard time straightening it out. Butch picked up the glove and handed them to me. The coat about three sizes too small. The gloves were small and the wrist strap was tight. I had to loosen it up and get them on. Finally I was able to run to the free throw line.

My first stop was an air ball by about three feet. My second shot missed by two feet. Then Glenn said "Time". I looked at my rebounder and asked him if I could get it one more time. I had to hit the rim so I would not seem so pathetic. I threw it up and hit the rim. It was horrible.

Chief Heston was about twenty rows back from the floor near where I was shooting. After I was done I went to talk to him. I said if he needs a basketball player I am available. He laughed and said "I have your number."

Ryan and I went back to his place and we watched Third Watch, but the Gonzaga game went long. We ended up missing the last ten minutes of the show. Then we watched all the coverage of the basketball brawl in Detroit.