To me, of course, this is the most meaningful game Kentucky has played in 13 years, and I am almost overwhelmed with the drama of it all. And yet I must go about my life and continue to function as a worker, a father, and a husband. It's all a bit surreal.
There's a great moment (it's at around the 5:07 mark of this clip) in the movie Fever Pitch where Colin Firth (playing the Nick Hornby character obsessed with Arsenal) is sitting in his classroom watching the kids all file out as they comment on the big Arsenal/Liverpool game. They're all saying the sort of things you normally say to a big fan in these situations ("Good luck, sir"; "You've got no chance, sir"; "Don't worry about it, sir") and he grins at them as they pass. And then the one kid in class who really, desperately cares about Arsenal in the same way he does walks by, and they don't say anything; they just look at each other and Colin Firth makes a fist.
To me, that moment really captures everything about being a sports fan. We care so much and we can do so little -- and on nights like this you feel embarrassed to admit to anyone else just how much you really care about the whole thing. The only people who really get it are the ones who care -- or who at least have cared -- as much as you.
I tried to nap after church, as I almost always do, and couldn't. So I raked leaves until tipoff. Now my wife and I are just sitting in the quiet of our living room while the baby sleeps. This is a really strange and spacey happiness.
ReplyDeleteI agree. A lot of thoughts about the game. Will probably write about it a number of times over the next week. Too busy at work to space out right now, but I will say that this may be the happiest feeling I have ever had due to sports.
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