photo from sports illustratedpure emotion. pure joy. pure elation. the number 1 north carolina tarheels lost to maryland; an unranked team this weekend. maryland won 82-80 in chapel hill. you may ask why i care so much about this? why i would blog about this? well, underdogs have always had a special place in my heart. they defy the stats and pass their competition fueled by emotion and skill. hoosiers, rocky, and rudy have all conjured this moment on film. maryland has no significance to me as a state or school, but when josh showed me this picture, i stepped into the mind and world of these players for a minute and felt what it was like to be in sports heaven. joy. happiness. and success. and i tried to do a chest bump with josh because it looked fun. i wish i could have been in the smith center to see that raw emotion. i think that's the number one reason i care about sports. it's to see underdogs win. i got so excited seeing appalachian state (my brother's alma mater) beat univ. of michigan in football this past fall. i think this stems from the fact that i grew up in a small town, chagrin falls, ohio 25 miles outside of cleveland, ohio. a city that is the brunt of many jokes. a city that has come very close to winning a championship recently, but has not. the underdog city. different from new york city or boston. i love the cleveland area. and i love the potential it has. browns, cavs, indians. cafe tandoor, night town, the metroparks, warehouse district, university circle, the cleveland botanic gardens, the cleveland museum of art, cedar and lee theater, great lakes brewery, the snow belt, nola true, gamekeepers, raintree, the western reserve historical area, grove hill, the pumpkin roll, the rec center, my high school with no locks on the lockers, sledding, chagrin river walks, dingman tree farm, sincere and real people who work hard. i hold these things close to my heart. so when the underdog wins in sports; i not only celebrate their win, i celebrate the potential in all underdogs finding pure joy.
underdogs are especially neat, speaking of them I first thought Eli MAnning was kind of weird, which he might be but I thought there was something wrong with his leadership style. How can he live up to the family's name why is he even playing.This was all forced on me by the manipulative press in New York City. I now have figured him out or understand him differently and he is very laid back and calm. he is like a rock and I think having a steady personality like this can be very good for a team. He is someone you can depend on, an underdog who has been chewed up and spit out by the ass hole media in new york.He is very unaffected by being a star and definately has his head on his shoulders. I will be routing for the New York Giants for the super bowl, not because I am a giants fan or love the city, but for Eli the underdog and the team that has proven to be a huge threat on the road away from the crazy media at home. For the Underdog. Respect and honor
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