I looked forward to yesterday. Syracuse would take down Duke. The U.S. would do well against Europe in the Ryder Cup.

My teams failed in both regards.

Duke defeated Syracuse by 35 points…..38-3.

Wow! Not expected! At least I did not expect it. True, our spectacular quarterback Steve Angeli did not play. He had fractured an Achilles tendon the week before. It was Rick Collins time to shine. He failed. In fact, the entire Syracuse team failed.

Syracuse’s total failure was hard to understand. One very good player out of the game should not have meant the whole team was bad. Yet Syracuse was.

Collins not yet star status. His passes slow. Delayed. Low. No where the competency of Angeli.

I found it hard to understand how an overall good team totally failed because one player did.

Such is life, however. This will not be a Syracuse year. Perhaps next year. Assuming Angeli returns.

The Ryder Cup no better. After two days, Europe is up 11.5-4.5. Where were our professional golfers? Europe only needs 2.5 pints more to win the Tournament.

My “sports day” was a complete disappointment! So bad I believe my despondency will continue through out today.

Nothing of comparable importance to report/comment on today.