Being a sports fan is hard work. It involves emotion of every shape and size. It involves planning meals and get togethers. It involves adjusting schedules. It involves money . . . and sometimes lots of it.
We have been on quite a roller coaster ride with our football Wildcats (basketball, too, now that I think of it!) We were one snap away from the championship game in 1998. Talk about a roller coaster - we went from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows in about 15 minutes. We have been through a coaching change that went south; we re-hired Bill. And slowly we have been climbing up to the top of the roller coaster again.
And nerves. I do not handle the stress very well. Close games are so hard for me to watch when I have a team in the hunt. Saturday night's game was agony . . . we were never far enough ahead for me to be completely at ease. Pacing. Going into the stairwell. Closing my eyes. I am a mess.
Now that we are #1 in the BCS polls, I am even worse. I am trying not to be too excited . . . bad karma. I am trying not to be too pessimistic . . . bad karma. I am trying not to think about the possibilities of "that that cannot be named" . . . bad karma.
Guess I just shouldn't think and should instead enjoy the ride . . . except I hate roller coasters!
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