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The Madness Is Here

Posted on March 17, 2009 at 07:08 PM.

The buzzer beaters,Cinderella,one last game for all those seniors, the excitement from the announcers and One Shinning Moment March Madness is one of my favorite times of the year. It`s like Christmas for me, waiting for it to come each year. The Wednesday night before the tournament is like Christmas Eve. I can`t sleep because of the excitement of watching College Basketball all day long.

What are your plans for the tournament this weekend? Me I`m taking two personal days on Thursday and Friday to stay home and watch the tournament all day. I`ll be watching all day Saturday and Sunday .My cousin will be coming over Thursday to watch with me. I will be going to a friends to watch on Saturday. I already have enough beer for the long weekend. Just need to pick up some wings and other snacks.

I can remember back when I was in grade school and high school I would always leave sick on Thursday at 11 and not go on Friday. I was a pretty good kid and student so my Mom always allowed me to stay home and watch March Madness every year. I can still remember filling out the bracket posted in my room as the games where played, because we did not have a computer until 10th grade. Heck I still fill one as each game is played for old times. I never finish my bracket until Wednesday because I change my mind to many times.

Since 1998 I have had no team to cheer for so I have always just rooted for whoever I had in my bracket or whatever Cinderella team was playing. I love watching the Mid Majors knock off the big dogs.

I believe it was 6th grade when I actually started playing bracket challenge`s with friends. So over the last 13 years I can honestly say I have only won 2 times. My problem is I try to find a Cinderella team or two each year, which ends up killing my bracket.

How can I forget Mountain Dews March Madness promotion. They had every Division 1 team under 20 oz`s and 1 liters. I believe they did the promotion for only a few years. But for those few years I tried to get a hold of a 20 oz Mountain Dew every chance I could, just to see what team was under the cap. The funny thing is I never really was a big fan of Mountain Dew, I just wanted a chance to win a jersey or a hat. I never got the right team to get anything, although my brother had the winning team one year and ended up with a tacky looking Cincinnati jersey.

One Shining Moment is another favorite of March Madness for me. I don`t think that I could ever actually listen to the song without seeing the video CBS puts together. Up until my Senior year in high school i would always record the One Shining Moment video on a VHS. I quit doing that after my brother decided to record over my VHS. The great thing about the Internet is I can find those on You Tube now.

Now the wait, Thursday at noon can`t come fast enough (sorry the play game is just not the same). Just 41 hours and counting now so let the madness begin.