UNDEFEATED

The term 'undefeated' is being talked about quite frequently around these parts lately.

The Indianapolis Colts are currently 1 of 2 undefeated teams in the NFL. At some point, there will only be one remaining at the end of the season, unless they both lose before then.

The Purdue Boilermakers mens basketball team are 1 of 10 undefeated teams in the top 25 teams in the country. There are other undefeated teams out there too, but they are not in the top 25 teams. Before long, those undefeated teams will be playing each other, so someone will fall from the undefeated ranks. Again, by the end of the season, there will only be 1 undefeated team left, if any.

One of my favorite undefeated sports stories goes back to my high school years. As a freshman and sophomore at Vincennes Lincoln, we had two consecutive very successful basketball teams in 1968 and 1969. The ' 69 team, made it to the final 4 of the state finals, undefeated. Unfortunately, 2 other teams made it as well, with the fourth team having only 1 loss. The combined winning records of the 4 teams was 105-1.

Along the way to the final 4, Vincennes had to defeat one of the other undefeated teams, to make it there. Adding that fifth team, the combined records were 130-1.

Unfortunately, Vincennes didn't become the state champion, but it was certainly an exciting time to get the opportunity.

Those in this area who are Colts fans, will hope for the same results...to get the chance to win it all.

I know Cindy and I will be hoping our Boilers make it to the very end. Undefeated, or not, we want the chance to be the final team left standing.


Dan