All in all, a typical Friday night in Bloomington.
I get dinner, go to a friend's to watch the NCAA games....and then have a lively discussion about the Pistons/Pacers brawl while watching.
After that FOUR, yes...FOUR cops show up at the door for complaints of a domestic disturbance call.
Wow. Gotta love this state.
I get dinner, go to a friend's to watch the NCAA games....and then have a lively discussion about the Pistons/Pacers brawl while watching.
After that FOUR, yes...FOUR cops show up at the door for complaints of a domestic disturbance call.
Wow. Gotta love this state.
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You are never going to turn on ESPN or CBS and get even a remote idea of what an enormous public service Memphis Tiger basketball is to this entire city in terms of creating civic pride in places where there is very little pride or hope to be found; but also in terms of guiding an entire city and county public and high school system that is virtually penniless for any extracurricular activities that do not pay for themselves on how to model athletic programs that can pay for themselves while still fostering academic success.
They really are the perpetual underdog. Conference realignments have screwed them because the SEC already owns the Memphis market, so has no interest in ever really taking Memphis in. Tennessee politics will also never allow it. I could do an hour long lecture on the history of disproportionate spending of both state funds and federal grant money in East Tennessee, where there are much fewer people, by comparison to West Tennessee.
Anyway, I just wanted to extoll their virtues, because I watch TV, and read web sites and get the feeling that Memphis is the EVIL EMPIRE, while tv still so feverishly tries to paint this picture that bourgeouis institutions like Duke and North Carolina, etc etc, ad infinitum are "winning the right way" (with good old middle American (white) family values). As though they are providing some kind of intractable public service that University of Memphis is not providing. See, it's better, because their tuition is higher. See? Do you See? It is really sad.
My bracket was actually looking okay until the Memphis loss, but I rarely take my bracket seriously in any year when I think we have a chance to do stuff. I had them losing in the final against Florida. I got everyone in the Final Four correct except for Ohio State, but not enough with only Florida left among my winners.