Four games are to be played within 1 hour!!Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day :
Psalm 31:19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
Things that made me smile late last night included Ryan McCafferty writing ✍️ Cavalier football and hearing that both of the Gravley brothers were interviewed after the game!
There is a boatload of HOT 🔥 topics that have people rightfully concerned about life right now, so the latest gridiron victory gives folks a reason to smile.
Another reason to smile is that later tonight, after the Virginia – Wake game concludes, I will make it by our place in Laurel Fork ! I think that it was 10 days ago when I left out for the volleyball 🏐 match at James River, so stopping by the 🏠🛖🏚 will be nice.
Sunday belongs to Vickey Ritchie and Monday to Cindy Edwards, leading into Tuesday with Kara Lawson. But today is about Tobacco Road and football.
Happy Halloween 🎃, especially to the young ones and Coach Vickey….
Sure, part of why I admire Kara Lawson is because she happens to be our coach at Duke University, and we have season tickets 🎟 to their games. Side note 📝, a person can purchase two season tickets to those games for roughly the same amount of money 💰 that it costs to get 1 ticket for a Men’s game in Cameron Indoor Stadium. But that’s a different kind of story.
Not only did the Ladies version of Coach K get the job done in Berlin, but she did so with one hand tied behind her back.
Aja Wilson is the best player on the planet right now, and she wasn’t able to accompany the team due to wear and tear.
Then you need to add that my personal favorite female hoopster of All-Time, Kelsey Plum, also had to be replaced on the roster due to trying to play through a calf injury. See, Plum respects the game so much that she came back too soon for Phoenix after being traded there despite the fact that the team had been eliminated from the post-season already.
Plum was leading the WNBA in scoring in June while still with the Los Angeles Sparks. Who took the top spot when Plum went down ? Yeah, Miss Wilson !
Coach took her team, make that our team, and represented our country with style and grace. But that didn’t prevent folks from unloading on her every step of the way.
My question is, why ???? The answer is that coverage like this comes from people who want to look smart and make a name for themselves at the expense of others. It is sad, just sad 😔.
This is one of many reasons why I don’t attach my name to ANYTHING that I create. I am not looking to get rich or be what they call an ” influencer.” Just out here pedaling the thought of kindness and equality.
While this photo 📸 has zip to do with this story or my affection for Women’s Basketball, it still makes me smile 😃
Thank you, Kara, and get better soon to the dynamic duo that had to stay here in the States.
The remaining question is if Kara Lawson is my favorite Women’s Basketball coach, who else makes that list ???
Kris Richardson edges out that guy from UConn, and being that, he will send me his Motovational Nugget for the Day shortly, Howard Mayo sneaks in at #4, just ahead of Pierre Curtis down at Furman University.
Vickey Ritchie is in an entirely different category because she coaches both men and women !
There are three terrific reasons to grab the passport and head over to Germany for the FIBA tournament that begins at the end of the week.
Reason # 1 – Kelsey Plum will always remain in the top spot of female athletes for me, and if her lower leg 🦵 injury allows, she will once again be putting her talents on display. Plum turned 32 this week, which in real life is still relatively young, but by Basketball standards, not so much.
Reason #2 – Coach Lawson is leading the team once again, so that means that my favorite coach in the sport will also be making the trek over to Europe 🇪🇺. The fact that Lawson is at Duke University might have led me to pay more attention to her initially, but the fact that she is the real deal as a leader is the most important part of the equation.
Reason #3 – If Plum is my All-Time favorite women’s player, then Chelsea Gray is my favorite one to wear the colors at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Gray is 33 years old now, and like Plum, this figures to be her final opportunity.
The only reason for not going can best be summed up by borrowing from one of the Indiana Jones movies. ” Snakes 🐍, why did it have to be Snakes 🐍?”
Germany 🇩🇪, why does it have to be Germany 🇩🇪 ?
The initial trip to Germany years ago was to visit one of the children who was stationed there at the time, and it makes the one and done list. Driving 🚗 on the Autobahn was a blast, but if there’s going to be another 12 hour flight ✈️ somewhere, it won’t be back to Berlin.
Lawson coaching both Plum and Gray will be priceless to watch, even if it’s just on a television 📺…
Last year, I admitted to questioning the schedule for the Duke University Women’s team, but it led to a second half lead against the eventual National Champs UCLA in the Elite Eight.
Kara Lawson is having herself a busy, busy day here in the Bull City. First, she just finished up with today’s session of her annual camp and then a basketball 🏀 clinic to be followed with a season ticket 🎟 holder meet and greet before an open practice for them general public.
Fresh off back to back Elite Eight seasons, Lawson is ready for another run at an elusive Final Four spot.
Doors 🚪are about to open up (5:30), and there will be pics 📸 to add shortly.
