Tammi's World

My Reasoning

I have a couple of bowl games that I'm pretty interested in this year. Lookin' forward to them actually.

Now some folks try to tell me because I have a couple of favorites I'm not really loyal to anyone. I call bull shit. My college didn't have football, we played soccer. I grew up a Notre Dame fan (and will die one too) but while living in Florida I needed a "local" team to cheer for.

Now - stick with me here. This could get confusing. I'm going to try and explain how my brain works - so sit back and just try and follow along. There's a point here, I promise.

So - I move to Florida. I want to root for a local team. Well, let's see what choices we have.....

Miami? I did mention I'm a lifetime ND fan, right? And right/wrong/indifferent there was this rivalry between ND & Miami, a little series we refered to as Catholics vs Convicts. Jimmy Johnson was the coach at Miami during that time. I cannot tell you how much I do not like that man. Not.One.Bit. In fact so much so that when he coached the Cowboys I stopped watching them. When he went back to Miami and coached the Dolphins? Wouldn't watch them either. It took a lot of time with a good friend who was a die-hard fan for me to get over that.

Anyway......So you can see why no self respecting Irish fan would root for Miami? Hell, they'd never let me home to see my Mama again if word got out about that!

FSU? Duh. Haven't you heard? Friends don't let friends go to FSU. Plus - those bastards stole our championship in '93. No way in HELL I'm rootin' for them!

That left.....The Florida Gators. No history there to cause me problems. Just hard hittin' football. I like that.

So - my Irish are playing LSU in the Sugar Bowl and my Gators are playin' OSU in the BCS.

And before you ask - No 'Neck, I ain't bettin' this year. No Way, No How. I'm just gotta sit back and watch!!!!

Posted by Tammi at December 6, 2006 05:28 AM | TrackBack