Buzzkill: Internet on the Road

I apologize to those who check in every day.  My posts haven't been as frequent but it's been a long and exhausting road trip.  We've only had one day off and a four hour bus ride awaits us.  I'm blogging from the bus today which is pretty cool but it would almost be better to not have it.  But I'm not going to complain about having internet on the bus.  My buzzkill of the week is internet on the road and after logging in you find out you have to pay.  I guess I understand for airports because everything is expensive and they try to make an extra buck on anything possible.  After arriving at the hotel last night it quickly came to my attention that it would only take me $9.95 to get online.  Really? You have to be kidding me.  It should be illegal to charge extra for the internet.  Paying for the room should cover the cost.

Buzzkill: Bad Movies

Is there anything worse than a bad movie?  In the first 20 minutes of the movie you can pretty much tell whether it's going to be good or not.  Is it just me or do you always end up watching the full movie because "it can't be that bad, right"?  And then it has always has that ending where you're questioning why you just wasted 2 hours of your life.  The worst time to watch a bad movie is on the team bus because there's always the guy who brought the movie and loves it and laughs at the "hilarious" parts and even when everyone wants to turn it off he always suggests "it gets better".  To make matters worse the volume is turned up so loud that you can't sleep, you can't talk to the guy next to you, and even noise cancelers can't do the trick.  All I'm asking for is a classic movie that the majority of the team can enjoy and maybe even quote it after.

Sunday Road Games

Winning Sunday road games makes the trip home and getting back to campus later that night a little easier.  After any loss the bus is miserable and the bus/plane ride home seems that much longer.  Throw in getting swept and you might as well be at the morgue.  You can lose the first two but if you win on Sunday everyone only seems to remember that.  Even though you lost the series you still came out to play and avoided getting swept. You can take the first two games but if you lose on Sunday it leaves a bad taste in your mouth, especially if you lose because you didn't come ready to play.  You're not happy, your teammates aren't happy, and the coaches aren't happy which makes pregame or god forbid practice on Tuesday all that much more exciting.  I've heard it referred to as "Championship Sunday" (anyone who knows what I'm talking about is sick to their stomach) but the truth is most of the time the series is won on Sunday leading to a better trip home.