Win/Win - Maybe

T-minus 4 and a half hours until the final piece of March (now April I guess) Madness gets underway. Thankfully the Wisconsin-RIT game is first. Though I love my DVR (have I mentioned it might be the greatest invention of all time) I much prefer watching the game actually live. Not sure why but some of the excitement gets drained when you don't have to wait through commercials and in between periods. I anticipate being home in time to actually catch up to live action on the Wisconsin game but am I happy it is that game that requires the DVR and not BC/Miami.

As the day wears on I am finding myself getting a little more anxious/excited. I see this as a potential win-win situation for me tonight. Mrs. Pike has decided that heading to the Miami alumni event downtown is better than watching with me from home. It will be the first time since we started dating that we have not watched the Frozen Four together. Strangely it will be the first time we are both still in the state of Massachusetts for the Frozen Four as well (watched in Vegas in 2005 the one year we did not actually attend).

I find myself saddened by this. Mrs. Pike fears me getting upset should BC lose (and history does back her up) as she does not want her celebration diminished by my anger/frustration/sadness. But she fails to see that I will also be happy in some way. Not that the Eagles lost (perish the thought!) but that Miami will get a chance to redeem themselves after victory was so cruelly snatched away last year. Plus, I want my wife to experience that joy of having HER team win the title. She was excited in 2008 but it will be nothing compared to her excitement should the Redhawks be the ones hoisting the trophy on Saturday night. The funny thing is she doesn't even yet realize the difference. She thinks she does but speaking from experience, she doesn't. For me, 2008 was something special but nothing compared to 2001 when a team that I supported heart and soul finally won something. I had not experienced that before as the Pats and Sox had yet to win in my lifetime at that point. I hope Mrs. Pike will experience that at some point. I don't want it to happen this year but I won't be too upset if it does.

So either BC wins and I'm very happy - or BC loses and somehow I think I will still find some happiness in that. Maybe.