Go Tigers Go!

The University of Memphis basketball team is ranked Numero Uno IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY. We have been under-rated for a couple of seasons now, since we are in Conference USA, which is admittedly, a pretty non-competitive conference. So we were basically the Best among the Worst. Last year we sailed to the Elite Eight. This year we are goin' all the way! We have achieved victory over several highly-ranked teams that are not in our dinky conference, such as Georgetown and Arizona. Dad got some tickets for Saturday's game against Univeristy of Central Florida. When he and Mom offered to watch the Rugrats so we could go, we jumped at the chance. On the way, Peter was saying how reasonable season ticket prices were, and I said, "yeah, but if you're in the nosebleed section, it's probably more exciting to just watch at home." While our tickets were not at all in the nosebleed section--we were behind one of the goals, about 12 rows up!--I quickly took back my comment. The energy in the FedEx Forum is just eletric! The sea of blue, the chanting, the band, the singing, even the giant sub sandwich which shoots t-shirts into the crowd--it all made for such an amazing package. U of M soundly defeated UCF, as expected, and what a glorious experience it was! When I was a kid, I went to games with my best friend Brian and his family, and we always had so much fun--but the Forum is just a whole different level of SHOW than the Colisseum was. Wowsers! On Feb 23, we play University of Tennessee. If we beat them, then surely the Dick Vitales of the sports world will shut up about how we don't deserve our high ranking. We believe in you, Coach Cal! Go Tigers!