Surviving the Sports Abyss (Mar. 4, 2011)

The winter sports season at CSS came to a screeching halt within the past few weeks, leaving us with a tremendously long wait between home contests, 37 days (or more, depending on the weather) between the hosting of the UMAC Championship and the home opener for baseball on April 4. Which leaves us in the sports abyss. How do we, the sports fans of CSS, survive the sports abyss? Well, I have a few ideas:

Forgo actual sports by playing Strat-o-Matic. I first heard of this a couple years ago when reading Tim Kirkjian’s book, Is This a Great Game, or What?. It seems slightly complicated to my pea brain, but if that is the case, you could easily spend the first half of March figuring out how to play the game, then you would only have to entertain yourself for about 20 or so days. Win, win? I think so.

Assemble an ideal line-up for CSS baseball and softball using sabermetrics. Or read this profile on the father of sabermetrics, Bill James. Once the ball season begins, look here for an in-depth look at the teams using some of James’ statistical formulas (if I can ever figure them all out).

Nervously refresh your browser waiting for updates on the NFL standoff. This could take one day or a long time, and I wouldn’t suggest it. But it’s an idea!

Watch the Food network. If you’ve never watched the Food network, you likely know that they have several shows that feature cooking-based competitions. That’s just like sports! Delicious sports!

Invent new sports. I tried to find some cool new sports on YouTube, but I got distracted by highlights [lowlights] of Charlie Sheen interviews.

Read about how great the Saints are. There are a lot of articles available on our site about that very subject.

Find the Macho Man Randy Savage. And I thought my blogging was pointless sometimes.

Shovel snow. It sounds like most of Minnesota will be doing this anyways, so why not have a little fun with it?

Follow the Saints around the country! Sunny Florida sure seems nice after that forecast. The Saints baseball, softball, and tennis teams will all be in the Sunshine state for the week of Apr. 13-19. If that seems too far, you could also catch the baseball team in Chicago on Apr. 14. The track team will be in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on St. Patrick’s Day (Mar. 17) through the 19^th for the Shamrock Invite.

Follow the Saints online! This really only applies to the baseball team, but select games will be available online, courtesy of Ustream. For instance, this weekend’s games will be available. Other teams will have live stats available, but you’ll have to keep an eye on CSSSaints.com for that.

That’s all for now. Hope you found some entertainment here. Enjoy the weekend, stay safe in the snow!

Catching Up! [Updated!]

Good morning sportsfans!


Wow, what a busy past few months I have had. I am sorry to have neglected you for so long, but I return with good tidings. Since my last post, the Saints have captured the UMAC Regular Season Championships in baseball, softball, and men's and women's tennis, as well asPostseason Championships in baseball, softball, men's and women's tennis, and women's track and field. Congrats to all the Saints!




As promised, this summer we will return to do some more "vlogging" with a new video interview series called "Summer Sessions." Similar to "5 Questions," Summer Sessions will give you a look into the offseason work that each of our St. Scholastica coaches goes through each year and an update on what fans can expect from the team moving forward. I hope to start as soon as next week in order to include everyone, so keep an eye out for the series to begin very soon!

If you're not already, follow the Saints on Twitter @csssaints. Sports Information Extraordanaire Jesse Robinson will be at the NCAA Midwest Regional with baseball this week, so expect some updates along the way from Whitewater. Also, be sure to come out to the Saints' spring football game this afternoon if you're in town. Should be a fun time as the Saints prepare for the Can-Am Bowl at Blue Bomber Stadium next week.


Until next time,
-jh

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UPDATE (6/3/10 @ 11:01 A.M.): "Summer Sessions" will debut tomorrow afternoon with an interview with Saints women's volleyball coach, Dana Moore. So, stay tuned!

Saints Athletics Take Part in CSS Community Day

A variety of CSS teams took part in Community Day on Wednesday. Community Day is a campus-wide event where students and faculty members at CSS go out and serve the community doing a variety of jobs. The women's basketball, softball, men's and women's track & field and men's and women's soccer teams all took part in work along the Superior Hiking trail which runs through Duluth and then along Lake Superior up the shore. Each group had different activities, including clean-up, trail clearing, wall building, etc.