The Big Game
It’s been a crazy, crazy week in the Commonwealth.
Red and Blue Twin Spires, via Churchill Downs. |
There’s a little basketball game going on tomorrow, in case
you haven’t heard. There have been
instances of old-guy
fisticuffs, and general bad behavior.
It’s the sports news story of the week.
And, here in Kentucky, it’s the Game of the Century. *
Now, it’s no secret around here that I love UK basketball a
lot. Probably more than is healthy. Here on HerKentucky, we’ve discussed it
before: Sarah
thinks basketball is just a game; I consider it
a way of life. I always just assume
that every Kentuckian is as fanatic about basketball as I am, but maybe they
aren’t.
This morning, I started thinking. Maybe tomorrow’s UK-U of L game isn’t the
biggest thing going on in everyone’s weekend.
Maybe every Kentucky girl hasn’t spent a ton of time researching the
best Wildcat Blue nail polish for her Final Four mani-pedi. (It’s Essie’s
Mesmerize, btw. You’re welcome.) I’ve heard plenty from my UK fan friends, and
a good bit from the Cards fans I know.
But, I’d love to hear from our non-fan friends and readers. Are you a displaced “other team” fan in the
Bluegrass State? Are you cheering for
the Buckeyes or the Jayhawks? Or, are you just ambivalent about a college
basketball game?
Please (respectfully) share your story in the comments below or on our
Facebook page. We'd love to hear what you have to say!!
*I hate the “of the century” device as much as the next gal,
but for once it’s accurate. It doesn’t
matter if, over the course of the next eighty-eight years, someone scores 100 points, wins the BCS bowl, or runs a sub-1:50
Derby. This is it. It could only be
topped by a UK-UL National Championship Game.
Bring it, selection committee.