A Minnesota Gopher Fan in Press Row: Full of Superstitions

A lot of you might be wondering where I have been. You probably thought I would have been blowing up the site with Minnesota Gopher writes ups, left and right.

Nope.

Truth be told, I’m afraid to write this.

As you know from reading my blog over at Sports Tears In Our Beers,  I’m a huge Gopher basketball fan. I’m the guy that sits in the same spot, wears the same clothes and drinks the same drink during each and every game that is played.

To say I’m superstitious would be a giant understatement.

This is why I have not written a single thing since they beat Indiana. I wanted to, but the girlfriend had some housework for me to do and I just never got around to it. Then, they won again, and again, no write up.

Two wins in a row and no write up? Maybe I should never write again I thought.

Now they have won three games in row and are on the eve of playing their biggest game of the year thus far. They play No.10 Michigan State on the road. A place, I’m sure I don’t need to remind you, has not been friendly to our lovable rodents.

So why do a write up now?

Well, one, I’m a third of this blog and need to hold up my end. Two, it’s one of my resolutions to not let Gopher Basketball effect my life as much as it does. So what better time than right now to get over my superstitions?

Oh sure, if they don’t leave East Lansing with a win, or at least put up a respectable fight, I’ll blame, and I expect you too as well, my write up as the reason. However, if they win, then I will know that it truly doesn’t matter what I do. It all falls on the players on the court.

Let’s get to the game.

Do I think they will win? Not sure. What’s that? You want an actual prediction? Fine, here it is. No.

They won’t win. The Spartans are feeling good after crushing Purdue.

So I predict that  final score will be 85-70 after all is said and done.

Calm down, calm down. See, the reason I say no is because if they do win, well, it’s time to party because I thought for sure they wouldn’t. If they don’t win, it was expected and bring on Illinois.

Pretty good way to look at it huh?

Now I know it seems stupid to look at it that way, but hey, it makes the games they don’t win that much easier to swallow. Who wants to think their team is going to win every game, just to see it fail to happen. Even Ben, a huge almost disgustingly so Duke fan, is going this route now.

My advice to all fellow Gopher fans is this: don’t let this win streak get you overly excited. On the same token, don’t let any loss from here on out take you to the ledge. Just have fun.

It’s college basketball, and it’s getting closer and closer to March. This is what we all want, a fun, young team that is showing promise and might actually make something happen. Let’s enjoy it.

And remember, if and when they lose again, feel free to put all the blame on my shoulders.