March Madness

This is a Glorious time of year. This weekend is Selection sunday, meaning the Field of 64 for the NCAA tournament will be chosen. Now my team, BYU, is likely to, as always, get absolutely screwed by the selection commitee. This is not new to BYU, but this year while assuming the shaft on a first round opponent we need to rise up and win. BYU has not had a win in the NCAA tourney since 1993. WAYYYY TOOO LONG! However the difference this year is that we have already seen better opponents and we know we can play. We took North Carolina (currently #1) to the brink of an upset, and we played Michigan State the same way. If there is the year for a run into the Sweet 16 this is it.

but apart from march madness there are two days even more important to me. Easter Sunday is next week, and is truly the most important day of the year. Because without Easter there wouldn't be a Chirstmas. Any of you who know me well know the Hell I have endured over the past few years, which makes easter all the more important.

But the Second most important day of this year happens on March 31st. That is Opening day at Safeco Field. The Mariners '08 home opener. They went out big this year and have possibly the best 1-2 starting pitching combination in baseball. As online source put it the "Ace-King" combination (Eric Bedard and Felix "The King" Hernandez) I kinda like that...

Now if I could only figure out how to time warp past finals (while acing them) and just get to graduation I will be a happy camper. but really I couldn't be doing much better from a sports point of view unless the M's were in the World Series and BYU football was on its way to a national championship. But lets remain in the realm of reality. :)