The Mixed Bag of Sports Results

I am the sports fan in this family; Steve not so much. This season has been a mixed bag. The Gators lost to ‘Bama, keeping away from another National Championship game. But they did beat the Big East Team of Cincinnati. I am perhaps a rather confused person. The UCONN teams are first and foremost my favorite college teams—particularly basketball—men’s and women’s. I normally route for any other Big East Team (if UCONN is not in the running) unless that team is playing one of two SEC teams—the Gators or LSU tigers.

Since I live so close to Gainesville, I had better be a Gator fan by default. But after watching #15 for the last four years, I might have become a fan anyway. Tebow is a great, but humble, person. He is a joy to watch.

I have not yet arrived in the 21st Century and do not have cable or satellite TV. Most of our local TV channel sports coverage, therefore, center around the Gators in their various sports—football, men’s and women’s basketball, gymnastics, volleyball, softball, baseball. We rarely hear scores from any other teams—NCAA or professional.

My love for the LSU tigers comes from a compromise. My South Florida pets’ veterinarian went to LSU. He was from Connecticut, however. So, our deal was that I would cheer for LSU and he would be for UCONN as long as they did not play each other. If they played each other (women’s basketball being the most likely possibility), all bets and deals are off. We have known each other a long time. He was my pets’ doctor for seventeen years. We became friends. So, I have to live up to my bargain with him.

I had a treat yesterday, UCONN women’s basketball was the national game shown on a major network against North Carolina.  I could actually watch it. The North Carolina women are good. But, then there is UCONN—a whole different league against almost anyone this year. I understand that Stanford might be right up there with them. We will see later this season. UCONN won.

Today, I watched the Pats go down to Baltimore. This is the one huge disappointment of recent sports!!!! Happy to see Dallas win yesterday, however. Been much too long!

2004 was my favorite sports year.

Champions: UCONN basketball--men and women

                   BoSox

                   Patriots

                  And, believe it or not, Tampa Bay Lightening (who kept the Stanley cup for two years due

                  to the strike

A clean sweep would have been the Celtics, but alas, I had to wait four years to see that particular win.