A rainy night here in Seattle. I should have gone running tonight, and stopped off at the Nautilus on the way, but I used the fact that my Buckeyes were playing a first-round NIT game to bag the soggy slog around Green Lake.
A boutique blog just for the college basketball tournament ( http://blogs.salon.com/0001703/categories/marchMadnessHyperbole/ ) posed the question, as have many others, of whether the NCAA tournament should be postponed athwart the start of the war. I guess my take is this: if we were under attack, playing the Tournament on schedule would be a sign of pluck and defiance. In this case, though, when we are precipitating a war without convincing provocation, it seems we ought to force a knit to our brow and forego ostentatious partying until the bodies are in the ground and cool.
ESPN gravely announced tonight that, should CBS, who owns the exclusive right to carry the NCAA tournament, be forced to do its patriotic duty and chase Fox for war coverage ratings, it would magnanimously clear its decks of tractor pulls, cheerleader competitions and lumberjack tournaments in order to pick up the NCAA games CBS can’t cover. Way to take one for The W!! As if it would be a sacrifice to reel in the hordes of viewers desperate for any form of escape.
Well, my Buckeyes lost, so I can reclaim the moral high ground I staked out in the previous paragraph. Shame on you legions who will start vegging out tomorrow night on the frivolity of the Big Dance!
