I've waited to post in fear of a skeptic's jinx that any rabid sports fan would fear ensuing after one talks about their favorite teams before they play...but at this point, what is there to lose??? What has just transpired in the past couple weeks is what any sports fan dreams of all their life; both of my favorite college basketball teams have made their way through the tournament and will now meet in the championship game Monday night.
The championship game. And I can sit back, relax, and soak in the experience. No need to scream at the refs, get infuriated with the little things that just don't go my team's way, and raise my cortisol to near toxic levels. Ladies and gentlemen, this time I'm going to enjoy the ride. I will now wait for one of the strangest moments of my sports life as I watch one of my teams lose the title, and one of my teams win. And don't worry, I'm definitely going to focus on the latter.
I have to say that I will definitely be biased towards Michigan State, my alma mater, maybe unconsciously because of the fact that any of my fellow Spartans whom I spent my time with in East Lansing would have my head if they knew I was cheering for North Carolina. Bros, be assured that I'm going for MSU.
I mean, what a story, the Spartans beating an incredibly good 10 seeded USC team (who won the Pac-10 tournament), the Big 12 winner and defending national champ Kansas, followed by Louisville, the then deemed best team in the country who was beating teams by 40 points. Next was UConn, another one of the Big East's best teams (the Big East was called one of the best conferences ever this year...to beat the two best teams is incredible). Imagine now, if they could pull off the championship by beating UNC, the pre-season #1, predicted to win it all before anything began. In and for a city and state that sums up the economic down turn. Doesn't get any better than this.
And they can do it. If they play like they have, they will win. Simple as that. And if they lose, well...shoot, my other favorite team wins it all...life is rough :)
But GO STATE!!!
1 comment:
Heels win! I understand your predicament, but I for one am happy that UNC won. I had picked MSU to make it to the finals vs. UNC and I had a dream come true as I watched my first Final Four in person as my favorite team won the title. It was awesome. I'm glad you still have a place in your heart for Carolina.
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