Fri, March 26, 2004
Spikey Tails = Victory!—9:37 PM
Even with Wonderfalls on, I managed to catch the ends of both the Duke-Illinois game and the Georgia Tech-Nevada game on CBS as part of their coverage of March Craziness. These are the teams that matter to my family, so I was glad to be part of the excitement, even at a distance of a few thousand miles. You have to hand it to these commentators, though. I guess they have a lot of time to fill. Arksie made the point this week that they can be a bit clueless, and I certainly found them to be obsessed with injury. (Does anybody know whether or not Chris Duhon's ribs were bruised? I didn't notice.) Anyway, fun games, both. And although maybe the Blue Devils managed to open up their lead in the second half to the point where the final seconds lacked nail-biting, I still thought both were compelling. Watching some of the passing and assisting, I was reminded of my usual wide-eyed awe in the face of teamwork. (Search for Saving Private Ryan or Cirque du Soleil or Air Force One.) Maybe it's because I'm such a sullen loner that I'm always fascinated by smoothly coordinated teams. And maybe it's because every group project I've ever been on, I ended up doing the work for the whole team myself, the night before it was due. Am I right, people?
Anyway, congratulations to the Blue Devils and the Yellow Jackets – I'll be tuning in to see your highlights on Dream Job Sunday night! And, to CBS, make the winning team a different color! Wake up and get in the game, people! Are you covering sports for the first time? When it's a mini-update in the corner of the screen, they manage to color the name and score of the winning team yellow in order to make it read more quickly, but when it's time for the full-screen final score, they just leave everything white. At least SportsCenter has a yellow arrow! Something! Come on! Meet me halfway here! I'll turn this bus around!
Bee Boy — Mon, 3/29/04 12:50am
And again on Sunday! Yowza! It appears that having me cheering is very good luck for college teams. (We'll start the bidding at $10 to root for your team.) (Unless you're FSU – that starts at $2 trillion.)