Scott & I Attended Syracuse At The Worst Time

As Scott previously mentioned, Syracuse is off to the Sweet Sixteen. Figures, it had to come the year after we graduated.

This doesn't mean I'm not ecstatic. It's great. For the first time, the school I attended is actually winning in the NCAA tournament. I could never say this before in my life.

But it's pathetic that in four years of school at a major university with a generally successful athletic department, the football team had its worst stretch in four years, the basketball team won exactly zero games in the NCAA tournament, and the lacrosse team which perennially wins NCAA championships didn't win one until we graduated and suffered their worst season in twenty-five years while we were there. (Then again, it's lacrosse, who cares.)

It's a bizarre feeling to watch this team, which we covered since before those guys were even in school, flourishing after we finished our careers covering them. We know so much about them as we had seen them playing every one of their college games prior to this year and many of them this season. Yet we're no longer there, watching from afar, as they finally flourish. As Scott might say, they're winning out of spite, just to mess with us.

Either way, I'm happy. I'm more than happy. I'm thrilled. And I'll tell you something right now. I like Syracuse to beat Oklahoma. We're taking down Blake Griffin. Can't wait till the next round.