Feb. 25, 2009
Tiger fans, I am sorry for the delay of this Monday blog, I get a little sidetracked from time-to-time when we have a week off of competition. I guess I just forget that you may actually want to hear about practices. I personally apologize for this.
This past week we started our preparation for Big 12's and NCAA's. After beating Iowa State on Sunday, we got three full days off to heal up and get our minds right for the home stretch. After our short absence, we are now on a "two on, one off" schedule for the remainder of the season. This is a great schedule because we get two hard days of practice and then a day in between to rest and heal before going hard again.
I truly believe that this will give us the best chance at performing to the best of our abilities at the end of the season, when it counts. With our days off, we can do whatever we want, and for me that usually ends up being something out of the ordinary. For example, eighth ranked Marcus Hoehn (141) and I built a homemade meat smoker out of a metal trash can. After a few minutes on the web and numerous trips to various hardware stores, we finished the masterpiece and it works well. Today we smoked five chicken breasts, and a pork shoulder. We were a little scared at first, but after a little modification of our heat source, we got the temperature right and they turned out well.
Now its time for two more days of hard work and who knows where our next day off will take me. Maybe me and Marcus will come up with something to do....the possibilities are endless. Have a great day Tiger Fans.