78-0

The UCONN women's basketball team is the NCAA national champion. This team has not lost a game in the past 78 games. The team amazes me. They are one of the most disciplined teams I have ever seen play the game of basketball. They execute beautifully, they all work hard on and off the ball, they help each other and motivate and encourage. When one player falls another sprints to help her up. Every time there is a dead ball situation they huddle together, undoubtedly giving words of encouragement and support. It is refreshing to see a team that does that and is about the team rather than themselves. Congratulations Huskies on a remarkable championship and many successes!

The game in Tuesday night was great. Leland and I actually went to try to sell our tickets, but nobody was looking for any tickets so we decided to watch the game instead. We are walking up to the Alamodome when we notice that just about the whole entire crowd is standing outside the dome. The only thing we could think was that there was some sort of threat on the building and everyone had to be evacuated and they were checking things out. The real reason, Joe Biden (the Vice President of the good ole U.S. of A) had decided to attend. I have to tell you that we thought something strange was going on when we were driving from 410 to 281 to get to the dome when we saw police all over the roads at every intersection around 281. Leland thought it would be cool if it were some type of "24" thing and the police were setting up an ambush of some sort (we are big fans of "24"). As we walk up and see the crowds we overhear someone say that Biden was there. Ah-ha! Now we know why everyone was going to miss the tip-off. Homeland Security, more seasoned police, and Secret Service were crawling all over the place and we had to enter through metal detectors and all that jazz. I don't understand why we would have to do that if no one knew he was coming. Who, in their right mind, would think that the Vice President would be there and plan something. I mean, c'mon, that's crazy. My whole thing is if the everyday public has to wait and stand in line so does the VIP. If we miss the tip so do you. Anyway, I digress. The last team UCONN lost to was Stanford who just so happened to be the opponent. UCONN was up by five for about a quarter of the game. Then Stanford went on a role and UCONN went ice cold. At halftime the score was something like 15-27 Stanford leading. It was a very low scoring game. But, man, once the second half started it was UCONN all the way. They overcame the deficit and won. Stanford, a worthy foe, did have a couple of good opportunities to turn the game around, but UCONN was just too much for them and won 52-47.

The coolest part about the whole evening was seeing some military folks from one of the local bases/posts walk into the dome and the cheers and clapping were louder for these brave men and women than the teams playing. That's one of the great things about living in SA, the patriotism in many of the people. SA has something like two Army posts and two Air Force bases. You can't be anything but patriotic to live here or you run the chance of getting your butt kicked. And yes, Biden paid all the men and women a visit at halftime. As much as I do not agree with his politics, I do respect the office he holds and still have a feeling of awe when the veep enters the room of any event I am at. Leland and I both took some pictures, but you can't even tell it's him, except the pic I took of the big screen. But, unfortunately for you, I still have not found my cord so no pics yet.