Well hello there! I don’t need to tell you that the Blog has been pretty much dormant for the past year-plus. There are more than a few reasons for that, and it’s not just Covid. Yes, the season being cancelled last year took a lot of wind out of everyone’s sails, and while there is…
Central Rules Everything Around Me: March 6th – 8th Weekend feat. Spring Breaks (maybe) Recently it seems like the C in C.R.E.A.M. has changed to covid-19 in the past week. @d3west, The Blog’s Number One Resident gives his take in a succinct two tweet thread here. We’re not sure if Case, Kenyon, and Wash U…
I’ll admit this post is somewhat self-serving. There’s not a ton of action with the teams I cover going on, and I’m a little uninspired to write about them until some actual results happen this weekend. So for now, I thought it would be fun to take a little trip down memory lane and talk…
OOF – This preview got away from me and became longer than I had anticipated. So, pardon me for the longform here, but I think that this will make for some nice morning commute reading or pleasant I’m at work but I’m not ready to work reading. I tried uploading this earlier with my…
It’s been a minute since my last article on the Central Region 5s and I’m sorry that the 4s have had to wait so long (however, now the 1-4s know how the 5s and 6s feel waiting for them to finish their matches). Since I’m behind – and it sounds like people really miss the…
What if I told you, he wasn’t the greatest. That a region would fail to protect its greatest natural resource. That sometimes it is a matter of life and saying, “On It”. That no one can outrun the truth. What if I told you, he wasn’t the only Nike shoes reseller. That you can…
Thursday. October 17, 2019. Central Rules Everything Around Me: With It or ON IT! (Issue 4) tl;dr: Case Western is back and (possibly) better than ever. Singles Breakdown: Main Draw Champion: James Hopper (Case)def. (2) Jake Zalenski (Kenyon) 7-5, 6-4 Back Draw Champion: Kenyon–Finalists Pascal Lee & Luis Andres Platas The frontpage story…
Friday. October 4, 2019. Central ITA Rules Everything Around Me: Panic! At the Zoo (Issue 3) Good Morning to all of the half-awake student-athletes on the bus headed to Day 1 at the Zoo!! If you’re up and reading this at publishing… you should probably get to bed if you want to do…
Thursday. September 26, 2019. C.R.E.A.M. With minute exactness, to the smallest particular, to a Tee. The Central gears up for ITA season. Issue 1 Welcome Back to the Central Region! Everyone knows that ASouth’s first article of the year is the official start of blog season (even if it’s a recap article of last season).…
Hi. I have awoken from my summer slumber to give you our final version of the 2019 Power Rankings. Maybe later this year we will do a “WAY TOO EARLY 2020 POWER RANKINGS” because the chodes on ESPN really like that kind of shit. But, that’s for later on, when I’m done traveling and living…