WHATCHER NAME? PLEASE!! GO, ZAGS !!!

What a difference a week makes!

Where to start???

Okay, with Bill Walton. 

Last week, while most people we know had to listen to him and posted ubiquitous protests on Facebook, we occasionally looked over his direction at the announcers' stand during breaks in the Gonzaga-San Diego game.

This week, Bill Love suggests that WE may also have to listen to Bill tonight as the ZAGS take on BYU in the Kennel on ESPN at 7 p.m.

Hmmm!  

PLEASE, No! 

I think Bill Walton means well, but, like the fish out of snow in a photo below, he might do well to go find another audience. 

Possibly a lecture hall at UC Berkley or UCLA where he could come to class barefooted and, yes, in his tye dye shirt and jeans to opine about the good ol' days in the '60s.

Having heard of some pretty quirky, off-the-wall classes on college schedules these days, I'm thinking a "Bill Walton 101" could fit in just perfectly and keep him too busy to call basketball games.  

Give us play-by-play announcers please, like my favorite Jay Bilas.  

We turn on our TV's to watch college basketball, specifically the ZAGS---not revisit every place Bill Walton has visited in his colorful life. 

Anyway, some more about this past week:

Last Saturday Bill Love walked into Jenny Craig Pavillion  to watch the ZAGS game.  

Tonight, we'll see that he is "pre-positioned" in his spot on the couch with his leg up on a chair before the company comes.

Last week before the game, Bill and I visited a place Bill Walton would love and probably does:  La Jolla.  

We walked around town, then drove to Torrey Pines and watched falconers and paragliders.  

Then, we returned to La Jolla, searched for a parking spot and watched seals. 

We also checked out the gorgeous campus of the University of San Diego, went back to our hotel, grabbed some stuff, stopped at a take-out Mexican restaurant and then took in every possible aspect of the ZAGS-Torreros game, including all the locals who had also made the trip south. 

After the game, we stood outside the pavillion for about half an hour, waiting for the ZAGS to come out to their bus, even talking to a couple of them and some coaches.

Tonight, with Bill, who had foot surgery Tuesday, prepositioned on the couch, we'll wait until the company leaves before Bill gets up with his knee roller to go to the bathroom. 

Last week, we walked on grass and sand. 

Today, after making my way through ankle deep snow,  I started the morning, taking dogs out and then firing up the tractor to plow six more inches of fluffy but sticky stuff which fell overnight. 

In short, it's been quite a week, in so many ways, and all the happenings, good and bad and disgusting (the national level, ugh!) clearly illustrate that our lives can change dramatically in a short time. 

In one case, it took about 39 seconds for an entire gym full of fans who paid up to $3,000 per ticket to watch a college basketball phenom play, only to have his shoe blow up and his knee go bad. 

That incident, could have led to Zion Williamson's Duke team losing to North Carolina OR NOT!

We don't know, but we do know the split-second incident caused its share of hype and speculation during the week about Duke, about Zion and about Nike.

It also opened the way for our beloved No. 2 ZAGS to keep their noses to the grindstone and grind away a couple of victories which could elevate back into the top of the NCAA heap----No. 1. 

Yes, it's been quite a week for the ZAGS with Josh Perkins breaking and setting a new record and the ZAGS securing the WCC championship another year. 

So, Bill Walton or not, we'll all be tuned in tonight, keeping our fingers crossed, yelling out "YES" every time a ZAG sinks a 3-pointer, "NO," every time a Couger sinks a 3-pointer and "PLEASE" every time Bill Walton gets off the subject of basketball. 

GO, ZAGS!