For the first time ever I actually cheered for the badgers with a little bit of my heart. I’ve been to Vegas with several UW alumni, cheering them on, betting on the unders. (winner!) I wanted my friends to be happy and I wanted to win money, but never had any heart in cheering for them, just a group thing. I’ve wanted the badgers to win bowl games, destroy the SEC, and rep the B10, but I never got behind them. Last night, was different, even though I still hate them more than Iowa.

Couple reasons:
1. The Gophers just got done playing horrifically, I needed some makeup, ahem, BBall. Within minutes I was watching effort and execution that was the polar opposite of the Gophers the past 3 games. (I’d argue even the Butler game, too.) It drew me in, I was enchanted.
2. The ACC needed to lose, no more 0-fers, and quiet the critics ever so slightly. The B10 not only needed to win a Challenge and we NEEDED the badgers to somehow pull it off, but the conference also has to start racking up some quality non-conf wins. Despite getting some good pub early, we are numbers-wise in a much worse spot than last year. Gophers may need every last bit of RPI help they can get. That means go B10.
3. It was against Duke, so that made it much, much easier to at least cheer against the devils.

Despite being enchanted by this display in front of me, I took my belongings and left early. I cut myself off.

Unfortunately 4 weeks or so until TubbyTown can loosen back up. Puts a smig of blue in Christmas.

I came to say ’You’re Welcome’ for picking you guys up! I couldn’t believe you guys lost and I wasn’t exactly confident we could pull one out, but, all is well that ends well! For us anyway.

I see a bunch of individuals out there but no team. Nolan played a solid game. I almost get the feeling that these guys have read too many articles about how “talented” they are. I just don’t see the fire or urgency in them overall and that includes Tubby. At this level, sometimes who wants it the most really is the difference maker.