Here we go again

There's no denying it now. It's basketball season. We had our home opener here at Mercyhurst tonight. The men's team won, although Coach Manchel wasn't happy with the effort. It wasn't the game that made it feel like basketball season, though. It's how tired I am right now. UGH. It's really the life of an SID.

I went in to the office around 9 today and even though Jason and I went to Tim Horton's for breakfast, I stayed there until 11 tonight. That's basically a 13 hour day. Now, I didn't do hard labor the entire time, but just the fact that you are looking at the same scenery for that long wears me out.

It was also my first try using STATCREW for a live game. Let me tell you what. That's some stressful stuff. One little goof, one missed keystroke and your entire stat file can be virtually ruined. For a while, I've been saying that I'm ready to be a head SID, but I had forgotten how much stress there was involved with being in charge of game day operations at a basketball game. It wasn't even that bad at football. There's just something about the fast-paced atmosphere of basketball that adds to the stress. The stat effort went OK, but it really made me appreciate Jason Eichelberger much more.

That guy is a stat crew monster. In two years, I rarely saw him make a mistake and when he did, he could change it while the game was still going on. He could do all this while running music, and keeping press row in order. I suppose you can't really appreciate it until you try to do it yourself. My hat goes off to Mr. Eichelberger.

I'll have my chance to be in charge Saturday. The women's team plays at home and that should be an interesting one. They committed 34 turnovers on the road tonight and won. 34!!! That's an insane amount...and to win at the same time. Sheesh. That's winning ugly. But a win is a win is a win.

So, right now, I'm just trying to unwind. One of my favorite ways to do that is sit on my awesome new couch with the quilt my grandma made me and watch Who's Line Is It Anyway. What a great underrated show.

Be sure to check out the blog tomorrow. I'm working up something on my favorite book of the Bible, Genesis.