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Biked in the afternoon--nice day out. Then went to run, and by that time I began to notice I didn't feel so great in a vague way--slightly achy, slightly blah. That made it a little tough to get started; I considered not running at all. But I told myself I would go out and run 10-15 minutes, and I didn't perk up, then I would turn around. But then it would be all downhill anyhow. Felt better once I got warmed up, and maybe I was just tired. Tomorrow may tell.
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The Bottom 25 Rankings came out a good bit later today than they usually do--I know because I kept checking. All I could figure was maybe there was a DSQ and they had to go out into the woods to check a unit to verify punching. At any rate, in the end the updated rankings did come out, and that's the important thing.
And there were some nice surprises! The Mountain West made a strong showing, with two new contenders entering the picture: Air Force and Hawaii. Hard not to root for Air Force to continue to move up. I suppose there was some disappointment within the conference to see former MWC school BYU drop a spot (though here in Wyoming BYU is so roundly detested that one would assume most fans are rooting against BYU even in the Bottom 25.)
Both Kansas and UConn impressed greatly, and were each rewarded with jumps of 5 places up in the rankings. You can lose, and then you can *really* lose, and these veteran programs are nicely rounding into mid-season form.
But even more impressive was UMass, able to superbly finesse a bye week with a solid move into the top 5 of the Bottom 25. Will they be able to follow on that by taking similar advantage of a cancelled game this week? Most programs need (to play) to lose in order to move up, but an exceptional program will find a way even when they don't play.
At 3-2 and coming off a bye week itself, Wyoming would seem to be a long shot for the Bottom 25. The next three games will furnish ample opportunities to relive some of those glory days of yore, however, especially considering how thin Wyoming is in some positions. Lose just 2-3 key players, and Wyoming could be back again!