I thought we did OK without Jordy out there yesterday. I was wondering who was going to pick up some of the offensive slack, and they did fine. It seemed like some untimely turnovers cost them from being able to put this one to bed quicker. For as good as Jay Preston has been, he still has some ugly turnovers. He played a really good game yesterday, though. It's only a matter of time until he has a triple double. I wish our bigs would stop trying to throw bounce passes in traffic to other bigs, but that's being picky. They did what they had to do, beat an overmatched team comfortably and give Jordy a rest.

Hopefully Nolan is going to not miss much time, but Springs played OK in his replacement duty yesterday.

A starting five of Preston, Dartis, McDay, Vander Plas and Ogvonda will be very competitive with Roderick, Murrell, Foster and McMurray coming off the bench.

Price was totally lost out there. I was really surprised that Boals left him in so long because he was clearly exasperated with his play and shot selection.

As for the Finger Lakes, Dr. Frank and Heron Hill are two outstanding choices near Hammondsport.

I would add that Miles Brown, when healthy could help as well. His brother actually played pretty decently yesterday in extended minutes and in high school he was the role player.

We took a tour of "Great Western" which is huge near Hammondsport. They make lots of wines for other brand labels. It was a really cool tour. We also did a tour of Wagner Vineyards Estate Winery on Seneca Lake which was very informative but we didn't buy any there. My wife didn't care for their wine and I did a flight of their micro-brewery beers which tasted like crap. The people were nice there though.

Price will be fine. He's learning on the job right now after missing all of preseason. I agree with his quickness. Once he drops some pounds, he'll get better and better. Looking forward to seeing where he is 10 games from now with his progress.

My wife and I went to the area a couple years ago. I didn't have one bad example from Dr. Franks, and could have spent several hours there just hanging out. We also enjoyed the wine at Red Tail Ridge and Boundary Breaks on Seneca Lake. If you're a person who like wine, beer, spirits, and some beautiful countryside, the Finger Lakes region is phenomenal. Also, if you're a dog person, probably 3/4 of the wineries are dog friendly - a big bonus to me.


Back to the topic of the thread, I didn't get to see most of the game - why is Price "totally lost"? Just curious.

OK, let me contribute even more to thread drift . . . there is a great Civil War connection up there in the Finger Lakes region. At the northern end of Owasco Lake is the city of Auburn, which is the hometown of William Seward, Lincoln's secretary of state. You can visit his home and get a great tour by very knowledgeable tour guides. On the third floor of the house, in a finished attic, you can see the blood-stained pillow case from the assassination attempt on Seward, which was part of the assassination plot that sought to decapitate the federal government staged by John Wilkes Booth and his associates. They were also trying to murder Vice President Andrew Johnson, and General U.S. Grant. Seward was the only other one they came close to killing. According to some sources, Seward was only saved by a neck brace he was wearing due to a recent injury in a carriage accident. The brace reportedly broke the blade and prevented the knife from cutting his jugular vein. Next to the bloody pillow case, you'll see a post-assassination attempt photo that shows the disfiguring scare he had the rest of his life from the top of his cheek to the bottom of his neck. Also, on the other side of Auburn you can visit the home of Harriet Tubman, which is very interesting in itself. Tubman and Seward, a lifelong abolitionist, became close personal friends. So, a trip to the Finger Lakes is not just about boating and wine drinking, there's very interesting history there too. Oh, yes, don't forget the women's rights movement and Seneca Falls, where you can see the home of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and a place where Susan B. Anthony once lived briefly. Interestingly, when I was a student at OHIO, there was an administrator, who I believe worked in the president's office, whose name was Beth Stanton, and she was a granddaughter, as I recall, of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.