french bread, french toast, french fries……..and…….le` game!

Football is the most important win there is; right? Pretty much. But surely the next closest is found in mens hoops. But what can our Hokies do with le` team b’street? Could we sweep them? Can they sweep us? Or should we hope for a home-at-home split? Wellllllll……..I gotta tell you……the odds don’t favor beating france…..but as James Bond once said….

“….yes, if you play the odds.” But I am seeing some things we can attack regarding le` team. But lets look at a few le` strengths first.

• france makes nice champagne. (even though “…champagne is just ginger-ale that knows somebody.” thank you Captain “Hawkeye” Pierce)
• france makes hats that don’t keep the sun out of your eyes, I think they call them berets.
• france has the best looking le` anchour in all of television. (seriously, see: pic) Score that round dix-huit.
• however, france is also #1 in Rebounding Margin in all of D-1, they are 30th in Scoring, and 23rd from downtown in 3point%.

But what I find really interesting is the fact that france is only allowing 41% of opponents shots to find the net, despite playing at such a frenetic pace. You don’t often see that folks, colour me impressed. But france has some foibles as well…..

• french tanks only come in one gear, reverse.
• french flags traditional only come in 1 color, white. But my spy’s are reporting that they’ve got a new shade ready for next Fall, something they are calling ecru.
• The french are a tough home out under the friendly confines of the coin-op john, as le` crew has won 17 of their last 18 at home.

So…..while I wanna predict a Hokie hoops win over le` team, our odds seem much higher at achieving such inside the Cassel than they do in “gay” paris. But still, should hoo-Va have an off nite from downtown, we would have a chance, and france has a few dents in their maginot (front)line, though only the first injury could be called a substantial one.

So as you can see, even though the french typically play a whopping 12 different ballers 9 minutes or more per game, three of those 12 could very well sit this Commonwealth Cup hoops match-up out. Mrs. mikalauskus has missed his last 5 games, so he may not be back. Now I don’t know why, call it a gut instinct, but I’m saying they will be off just enough from 19`9“ that we steal one up in c’ville. VT 75 france 71. b’street