For anyone who accidentally read this hoping to hear my thoughts on Umphrey's McGee or the Universities Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Maine, Missouri or Michigan please disregard. I'll only say this, Fear the Turtle.
I was in Nashville today when Maryland fell to Michigan State. From what I hear it was a great game but unfortunately we were being bored to death by the Ohio State blowout victory which brings up my focus for this blog.
I understand the CBS brass airing certain games in certain areas because of the fans. When I was in Kansas a few weeks ago they were airing Kansas vs. Mizzou. The problem was this. It was 5minutes into the game. The score was something like 15-10. Meanwhile on another channel Villanova was choking away a double digit halftime lead against West Virginia. That game was in overtime but it didn't matter. I was sitting in a sea of blue listening to people talk about a game that at that point in the season had little to no impact on either teams future.
Last year I sat, against my better judgement, with friends from UNC during their blowout win over Gonzaga. They were cruising to a 20 point lead and meanwhile Michgan State was going down to the wire against Kansas. The same thing happened a few nights later when UNC was blowing out Michigan State in the championship. I sat there, bored to tears, watching Tar Heel fans "enjoy" their title. Obviously, changing to a better game isn't possible the night of the championship what with it being the only game available but very few fans would rank a blowouts in their list of favorite games. It's arrogant.
Just ask any 49er fan what their favorite Super Bowl memory is. I guarantee it will include Dwight Clark or John Taylor and their blowout win over the Broncos won't even be a possibility.
My point is this, I love Maryland basketball but if they were ahead by twenty I would be the first person to say, "change the channel there is a better game on."
This doesn't make me any less of a Maryland fan. If anything it makes me a bigger basketball fan. I want to see the best game possible. And today we were denied that. A few weeks ago in Lawrence I was denied that.
With the score 25-20 in favor of Kansas, Jim Nance threw to Greg Gumbel in NY and they replayed the last shot from the Nova/ WVU game. Apparently some Rawk Chalk Jawhawk fan nearby could tell I was unhappy and offered this explanation, "This is Jayhawk Country."
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