I have a routine. For those sporting events that I have an interest in watching: I always record them. I never watch anything live, even if I am just a minute behind real time. I do this for multiple reasons, one of which is the elimination of any needless superstition on my part. My logic is that I know that what I am watching has already occurred and that any action on my part cannot possibly affect it as such. Another reason is that I may fall asleep. Such was the case for last night’s VA/Texas Tech championship game.
So, waking up@ 4:09, with no desire for anything but coffee, I can look forward to settling in and watching the conclusion to the game in the solitude of the morning. Of course, part of this solitude involves the daily routine of the Relieving of the FUPS, a necessary action that has become a ritual of sorts. Such is the case with multiple dogs. Today that required multiple trips; they can’t seem to all go at once. Regardless, it is easy to avoid the internet and the live talking picture box and go straight to the recording, picking up the game where I last remembered. In this case with about 11 or so minutes to go,
It was an interesting game. I am glad VA won but I am also disappointed that Texas Tech lost. Such was my interest in this game, an interest that was quite high considering KY wasn’t playing. KY could have beat any of these Final Fours teams. Ky could have lost to any of them as well. I love the NCAA Basketball Tournament for this very reason.
It was a satisfying start to the morning. VA, after losing as a 1 to a 16 last year, has certainly put that behind them now in a story book sort of fashion. It just had to be meant to be. How else to explain the Purdue and Auburn games?
Going forward, the use of replay to check if a fingernail grazed a ball that was set in motion by a decided force has got to stop. Let’s come up with something that uses Newtons Laws. In this case, the 2nd law applies nicely. Momentum, in this case being that which is associated with the classical rules of motion, should play a role. Texas Tech got hosed on the sequence of events that culminated at the 1:06 mark. Too much technology can many times be a bad thing.
All in all, though, it is a really good morning. The fact that I feel a bit more alive this morning is aided by the fact that I know Ms. Andrea had VA in her bracket. The joy emanating from the nether of the Hilltopper region can be sensed all the way to the mountains that are yet to wake to the early morning light outside my window. It is a good day to be waiting on the light of day.
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