Tigers Win

The Tigers won last night. Unfortunately the Missouri Tigers beat the Memphis Tigers. Not only did they have the same mascot as the Memphis team they had the same game. They were great at defense and played a running/ gunning game. They were scrappy, and playmakers. Well, apparently, the Memphis Tigers don't have game when someone is using the same strategy.

I'm not sure what the problem was. It was a little hard to watch the Tigers from Oregon. They only showed us the first part of the game, and the last. Obviously, they felt that Oregonians were more interested in Duke. We were left trying to watch it on a computer that kept buffering and was apparently a half minute time delayed. It was disconcerting to watch the buffering computer images, and then see a different score displayed on the top of the television screen.

Pacog said that no one could beat the Memphis team if they played the way they played last weekend. Well, they didn't. Oh well. Must give it to Tyreke Evans. He had the best game of his life. He just couldn't do it alone. He will be Freshman Player of the year, and in the NBA next year.

But hope springs eternal for Memphis fans. I hear we have some amazing recruits for next year! We will be at the Final Four next year. For the Memphis fan there is always next year!

The Mountain Is Out Tonight!

Diary Part II

Well, I guess I owe the Memphis Tigers a BIG apology! They showed up today ready to play. They looked like the Memphis Tigers we know and love, but even better! Not only was our defense awesome, we had an offense. We were making three point plays all over the place! Tyreke had a great game, Sallie had a great game, and Donnell Mack had a BIG come back! Poor Maryland Terps, they only had one chance to make a basket, because we got all the rebounds, and they rarely made a basket the first try. We were shooting 80% the first half, and then settled down to 70% second half. We only won by 19 points, because Calipari allowed the bench to play. It was awesome!

Calipari said that he may have overlooked the fact that the newbies might have been excited and unsure about their first NCAA tourney. Well they have found a rhythm and it goes ,"DA DA DADA! DADA DA DADA DA! DADADA DADA DADA!"

The Diary of a Mad Memphis Fan

It is hard to understand a Memphis Tiger fan. Basically, the typical Tiger Fan is a hopeful , idealistic, masocist. The Tiger fan is stoic. The Tiger fan can watch their wonderful team be ignored all year, scrap and fight through the NCAA to lead by nine in the last two minutes of the final game and manage to lose. To lose without using their last timeout! Still the faithful Tiger fan loyally supports the team the following year, though all their great players have moved on. " They have great defense!" everyone says . You wonder how they can win if they don't have an offense, but it appears if you get two or three rebounds you can eventually score.

So, yesterday we were sooo happy! The Tigers were in the NCAA. The President picked them to go to the Final Four. ( Didn't pick them to win, but ...) So, what did we do? We attached our flags to the car. ( We caused a lot of speculation at St. Clare last year with those flags. Oh, your from Memphis? You must be the ones with the flags.)

So, we decorated our car. We were so lighthearted. I remember it as if it were only yesterday!

So today dawned. The day of the first games. The day where the second seed Tigers played a 15 seed. A 15 seed who was hungry, and wanted to play! They were scrappy! They wanted to win. The Tigers? I don't know what they were wanting. Apparently morning games don't agree with them. I didn't recognize this team. Thank goodness for Roburt Sallie. He did such a good job, scoring 35 points for the Tigers, more than three times his score in any previous game. This guy doesn't even start for the team usually. Hopefully he will from now on.

The Tigers' games kill me. Today, I cleaned the house, took a shower, and a walk all during the game, because THEY WERE KILLING ME! Right now I am watching the Gonzaga game, ( Whom the Tigers killed earlier this year) It is amusing to watch them. It's amazing how much fun it is to watch a game when you are not emotionally involved.

Yesterday we watched the 1973 Final Game between Memphis State and UCLA. TLOML was in that game, and he looked cute in those short basketball shorts. Anyway, we watched the Tigers, tie UCLA at halftime, and lose by 26 points. Why? We are Tiger Fans! We are masochists ! You know it is interesting that March Madness is during Lent. Hmmm!

God and Mary to ya

Good morning, and Happy St. Patrick's Day to you! They say that everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's Day, and maybe it is because we all love the beauty, whimsy, and passion of Ireland and the Irish people. But, this is St. Patrick's Day! St. Patrick, the patron Saint of Ireland, a saint, this is his feast day. So, what is all the pub crawling and green beer about. They take a break from Lent , for one day, in Ireland on St. Patrick's Day. Much that is believed about St. Patrick is legend. But what we do absolutley know about him was that he brought Christianity to Ireland, returned to a wild country after escaping his kidnappers. He was brave, he was holy, he loved Ireland. So knock off the drinking, and say a prayer or two.
I close with a thought , or two, I pilfered from my brother's blog. "All human love is a participation in the life of the divine and an invitation for grace. When we pray “on earth as it is in heaven” I think we should be praying that we will find the holiness in the family meal that gives meaning to the Sunday Eucharist. We should find holiness in the joy of friendship that mirrors the Perichoresis of the Trinity! We should find the holiness in making a sandwich for our children and giving food for their flesh. And all of that will enrich our experience of the liturgy where for us Jesus gives us his flesh for food."

Quote of the Day

Once again we go for the quote of the day from TLOML. We have had beautiful weather this week. Beautiful! Clear, clear blue skies. Crisp temperatures! Spring was right around the corner. Today it is absolute gloom. Very gray, and cold and rainy! TLOML said, Well we've gone from sugar to shit!" Isn't that brilliant? That is so true! So succint! FROM SUGAR TO SHIT!! I love that.

Four More Days