SPOKANE, Wash. — Catching up with some Tigers stuff…..

Unlike the team, which flew back to Memphis via charter after the Tulsa game, I came straight to Spokane today in advance of Saturday’s game against Gonzaga. I’m scheduled to meet with Zags coach Mark Few tomorrow, which hopefully will provide me with some good material to advance the game.

Oddly enough, the weather up here is far better than it was in Tulsa, where it was just bitter cold and snowing on-and-off both Tuesday night and Wednesday. When I landed here, it was about 45 degrees and overcast, which I’ll take over snow any time.
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Michael Waltrip seems to have a love-hate relationship with Daytona.

The joy of his first Daytona 500 win in 2001 was swallowed by the death of his friend and boss Dale Earnhardt on the final lap of the same race.

This year, Waltrip came to Florida bubbling with anticipation about being the standard-bearer for Toyota’s entry into Nextel Cup. Unfortunately, his manifold was bubbling with a mystery substance, which caused him to run afoul of NASCAR’s inspectors.

After NASCAR hit his team with some of the heaviest sanctions in the sport’s history, Waltrip nearly pulled his car out of Thursday’s Daytona 500 qualifying races. He didn’t and it gave his whole organization a shot in the arm.
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