Where's the beef?

Monday night’s NCAA championship sucked. It was a blowout and nobody wants to see that. Even UNC’s intro was better. And yet, strangely, it remained watchable for much of the game. I’m not a big follower of college ball. Well, outside of March Madness and the semi-annual Bobby Knight tirade, I don’t follow it at all. And that was mostly because I’ve made the mistake in the past of judging the college game by NBA standards, a mistake I’ve also made with NCAA football. And that’s just dumb because I feel like I’ve missed out on some great college sports moments over the years, things I’ve only seen highlights of on Sportscenter.

I’ve come to look at college sports like I would a hamburger and professional sports as the steak counterpart. College ball is that sloppy, greasy, self-indulgent bacon cheeseburger that you won’t ever leave me feeling quite as content as the perfectly prepared NBA game. Right now, after the relative dullness of the tournament, I’m not feeling full and my basketball appetite hasn’t quite been quenched. But that’s OK, we still have the NBA playoffs coming up next. Last year’s NBA playoffs turned out fantastic, and this year a Kobe/LeBron dream showdown could be the main course.

So yeah, this year’s March Madness as a whole was underwhelming, certainly not up to last year’s tourney. But hey, it was better than the bland, uninteresting salad that is hockey. And we all know you can’t make friends with salad.