The One with the Ex
Well, thank God the dance is over is all I have to say. It just wasn't our year. Not only did we get our heart stomped on when our lovable seniors lost to Bucknell in the first round, but then we have to watch our arch rival, our nemisis, the world's worst ex WIN IT ALL?!? The big kahuna, the grand-daddy of basketball, the NCAA Championship!!! It was a heart-breaking tournament, and a heart-wrenching game. I made my husband go sit in the other room because he seemed to be bad luck. As long as I was watching by myself, Illinois pulled within 7, then 5, then 4 ... then suddenly they couldn't get a shot off in 2 minutes and it was over? Roy Williams and North Carolina had won? I turned it off.
But then, just like you're drawn to stare at a bad car wreck or a big ass, I had to turn it back on. And I started to come around a teeny, tiny bit. Because you don't want that rat bastard ex-boyfriend to succeed, but then when he does, you're just a little bit proud of him. Just a little bit happy for him, glad that he finally got that damn monkey off his back.
I think what stings the MOST, is that Roy won it all in TWO at Carolina. So what does that say about his FIFTEEN at Kansas? That Roy wasn't the choker, but our players? NO WAY! We won't believe it. This win for Roy tarnishes the years of win-at-the-last-second games, incredibly talented seniors and those give-it-your-all walk-ons (Ter-ry Noon-er) that we loved with all our crimson and blue hearts. But maybe it shows that Roy's heart wasn't really in it at KU, that he held something back from us. And that probably hurts the worst, because we gave him our all. We camped out for him. We chanted for him. We gave him some of our best players: Jaque, Jerod, Ryan, Raef, Wayne, Keith, Aaron, Lester ... oh wait. Definitely not Lester.
But at least it's over and Kansas basketball will move on. I'm confident in Self. A new team will be built and we WILL win it all again. It may be 20 years from our last one. But it's coming, and will we ever celebrate ... rock chalk, jayhawk, K U-U-U-U ...
But then, just like you're drawn to stare at a bad car wreck or a big ass, I had to turn it back on. And I started to come around a teeny, tiny bit. Because you don't want that rat bastard ex-boyfriend to succeed, but then when he does, you're just a little bit proud of him. Just a little bit happy for him, glad that he finally got that damn monkey off his back.
I think what stings the MOST, is that Roy won it all in TWO at Carolina. So what does that say about his FIFTEEN at Kansas? That Roy wasn't the choker, but our players? NO WAY! We won't believe it. This win for Roy tarnishes the years of win-at-the-last-second games, incredibly talented seniors and those give-it-your-all walk-ons (Ter-ry Noon-er) that we loved with all our crimson and blue hearts. But maybe it shows that Roy's heart wasn't really in it at KU, that he held something back from us. And that probably hurts the worst, because we gave him our all. We camped out for him. We chanted for him. We gave him some of our best players: Jaque, Jerod, Ryan, Raef, Wayne, Keith, Aaron, Lester ... oh wait. Definitely not Lester.
But at least it's over and Kansas basketball will move on. I'm confident in Self. A new team will be built and we WILL win it all again. It may be 20 years from our last one. But it's coming, and will we ever celebrate ... rock chalk, jayhawk, K U-U-U-U ...
posted by Monica at
8:36 AM
3 Comments:
Great comment. I completely agree. You should have made it your own blog and named it ... that's right: The One with the Closure. A new requirement of our blog is that all posts must start "The One with ..."
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Monica, at 2:59 PM
Oh wait. You DID name it that. Duh!
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Monica, at 3:01 PM
Ahh ... validation. I love it!
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Monica, at 7:40 AM
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