OK, so I survived the Tech/UNLV game last week. Of course I was the only one cheering for Georgia Tech (my alma mater) to win over the Rebels (my dad’s, uncles’, cousins’ alma mater… and Vegas’ only real “home team”)… and people were definitely giving me some “eat sh*t” looks. But it sure helped my personal safety that the Jackets played like crap and let a much smaller, less-athletic UNLV team run all over them. Oh well, at least our freshman phenoms will probably be back to make a real run next year!
So anyway………. GO REBELS!!!!!!!!!!!
Last week was the first and last time I will ever root against UNLV, the team I grew up watching. So of course I jumped on the bandwagon and turned back into a rabid Runnin’ Rebs fan for the Wisconsin game last Sunday. And what a freaking game! As they’ve done all year long the Rebels build a big lead early in the game… let the other team come back… and then caught their “second wind” just at the right time near the end.
So we’re back in the Sweet 16 for the first time in 16 years (which, by the way, was the last time I live in Vegas). Unbelievable! For the first time in a decade and a half the people of Las Vegas have a winner and can get excited about something.
Watching Coach Kruger and his team is definitely fun. Nothing like watching Tark the Shark and his incredible teams of the 70’s, 80’s, and early 90’s… but still really fun. I figure they may as well go all the way to the Final 4 (in my adopted city of Atlanta this year) and give the NCAA a big “F-U” for trying to screw them with their bizarre seeding…
By the way….. GO REBELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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