{"id":398,"date":"2008-04-15T00:13:26","date_gmt":"2008-04-15T04:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.accphotos.com\/blog\/?p=398"},"modified":"2011-12-09T12:46:56","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T16:46:56","slug":"unc-lacrosse-road-trip-2-to-baltimore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.accphotos.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/15\/unc-lacrosse-road-trip-2-to-baltimore\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC Lacrosse: Road trip #2 to Baltimore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"401\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.blog.accphotos.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/15\/unc-lacrosse-road-trip-2-to-baltimore\/20080412-7394\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.blog.accphotos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/20080412-7394.jpg?fit=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,267\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Coach Olmert gives Mike B. Burns a pep talk before heading out to the field.\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Coach Olmert gives Mike B. Burns a pep talk before heading out to the field.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Coach Olmert gives Mike B. Burns a pep talk before heading out to the field.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.blog.accphotos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/20080412-7394.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.blog.accphotos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/20080412-7394.jpg?fit=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-401\" title=\"Coach Olmert gives Mike B. Burns a pep talk before heading out to the field.\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.accphotos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/20080412-7394.jpg?resize=400%2C267&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Coach Olmert gives Mike B. Burns a pep talk before heading out to the field.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.blog.accphotos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/20080412-7394.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.blog.accphotos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/20080412-7394.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Like cheetahs, they sat waiting,\u00c2\u00a0drooling. \u00c2\u00a0The hunger\u00c2\u00a0gnawed at their senses, making them only more\u00c2\u00a0acutely\u00c2\u00a0aware of the next potential meal that could come their way. Then, finally, in the distance, they spot their prey. \u00c2\u00a0 They stare it down with a icy gaze, ready to pounce, looking away only to see if the others spot the same prey. \u00c2\u00a0This is survival of the\u00c2\u00a0fittest.\u00c2\u00a0 Actually, its the support staff waiting for chicken to come out of the kitchen after the first batch was devoured by the players.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Haus treated the players and staff to a great meal at a restaurant.\u00c2\u00a0 The food was great, but by the time the support staff (that includes me) got up to get our food, the chicken had been picked clean.\u00c2\u00a0 So we sat staring at the kitchen waiting for the waiter to bring out the latest batch of chicken.\u00c2\u00a0 When we saw him come out finally with the chicken, we pounced on him like cheetahs in the Sahara.<\/p>\n<p>To serious matters, we lost a tough game to Ohio State 11-14 that was played at Boys Latin High School in Baltimore, Maryland, and which incidentally is the <em>alma mater<\/em> of faceoff man Shane Walterhoefer.\u00c2\u00a0 The Heels were up by one at halftime, but a strong 3rd quarter helped seal the win for the Buckeyes. Walterhoefer was able to conjure up good spirits from his old home field, winning 23 of 26 faceoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Things I learned this weekend:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The freshmen have bad tastes in movies (&#8220;Goonies&#8221; seriously?).\u00c2\u00a0 Chun-Man Fong (aka &#8220;C&#8221;) saved the day on the bus with &#8220;Transformers&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Mike Chires has &#8220;thunder thighs&#8221; (his words).<\/li>\n<li>Coach Lattimore has amazing balance and can make his way down the bus without touching the floor.<\/li>\n<li>The bathrooms is some buses are better ventilated in some than others.<\/li>\n<li>Milton needs an alarm clock.<\/li>\n<li>Sean Burke will walk half an hour for Chili&#8217;s.<\/li>\n<li>C is a tape-tearing master.<\/li>\n<li>Sean Delaney values his bubble baths.<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Piegare can&#8217;t match shoes.<\/li>\n<li>Coach Olmert shouldn&#8217;t be trusted with lemonade around electronics.\u00c2\u00a0 People with mustard shouldn&#8217;t be trusted around Coach Olmert<\/li>\n<li>Some security guards at apartment building in Maryland can be um, unfriendly (I can think of an anatomical term to describe them, but I&#8217;m trying to censor myself).<\/li>\n<li>I am <em>the<\/em> master at finding the light switches on our charter buses.\u00c2\u00a0 Like Emmit Kellar said, a career in bus driving may be in my future.<\/li>\n<li>Most importantly, I learned to <strong>NOT TOUCH THE GATORADE&#8217;S<\/strong> that are under the bus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like cheetahs, they sat waiting,\u00c2\u00a0drooling. \u00c2\u00a0The hunger\u00c2\u00a0gnawed at their senses, making them only more\u00c2\u00a0acutely\u00c2\u00a0aware of the next potential meal that could come their way. 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