April 10, 2008

Peter Krauss's Colorado Trip Journal: Entry #1

We arrived at the Denver airport late last night.  Kirshner was greeted with hugs by his Japanese comrades, who had arrived on an earlier flight.  The trip through America's incredibly efficient air transit system was pretty typical.  We clogged up the lines of every fast food place, tossed both of Jamie's bags on top of the baggage claim conveyors, and answered the usual questions from fellow travelers about the rules of lacrosse and whether or not we're varsity yet at Michigan.

After a quick team meeting and a quarter-mile jog down to the Silver Mine Sub Shop, most of us crashed.

The morning brought a couple inches of snow, so the early walkthrough at the field was canceled.  I took the opportunity to enjoy a bit of a sleep-in, watch Sportscenter, and check out some of the recent MCLA scores.  A group of us went to scope out the field (a five minute walk across the highway), and found a quarter-inch of standing water from the melted snow.  We'll see how that affects the game later, but we've certainly seen worse conditions before.

For the most part everyone is focused on the game at hand.  A couple poor individuals are mired in the middle of exam season.  Doug and I had a good time distracting Tommy from writing his final paper by supplying our own commentary for the Masters.  Colorado is a young team in a desperate situation, so nobody is taking a win for granted.  I'm personally ready to avenge a certain football loss from 1994, when Kordell Stewart launched up the luckiest hail mary ever.  Needless to say, I have not forgotten that travesty.