Okay, so I was off by two points. Man oh man, how sweet it is, as Jackie Gleason used to say. No, he didn't say the "man oh man" bit, I said that. He said the "How sweet it is" bit. IN ANY CASE, I woke up this morning almost frightened to log on and check the score. But there it was. A CAROLINA VICTORY. And my prediction wasn't bad, either.
The last time we won the National Championship I was living in San Francisco, and was lucky enough to have friends who were from North Carolina and who hosted a party the night of the finals. We put money into a pot which allowed us to bet on the sum of the final score. I don't remember anymore what my individual scores were, but my sum won and I got the pot. Eighty bucks I think. And a Carolina victory. That was truly sweet.
Last night I couldn't find my T-shirt from that 1993 victory, but I did go to sleep in my Carolina Alumni sweatshirt. Actually I only just realised that it was my Carolina sweatshirt. I wore it to bed because it's a bit chilly in my apartment and since it's April, they've already turned off the heat. That said, I'm sure that on a sub-conscious level I knew what I was wearing because it could just as well have been my Pink Panther sweatshirt, but it wasn't.
Okay. And to my brother who was at the game, I sincerely hope my NEW shirt is in the post...
Once again the photos are courtesy of the Los Angeles Times.
Coming Soon: How I tried to get photos of Martin Luther King, but ended up with hate material from Storm Front instead.
05 April 2005
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I was so nervous I could not look at the game. I watched something else. I do not remember; checked out the game during the breaks. You should have seen Franklin street. I think there were 20+ barnfires, a guy swinging from the street sign trying to get it down and people everywhere. It was estimated on the local channel that there were 10,000+. Your former school mate (Hoggard)(UNC)
ReplyDeleteand our family Dr. canceled appts.
so she could attend. I can't wait to tease her. I can just imagined what it would have been like for you to have been there.
Love, peace & joy