I turned off the TV and left the house when the Utes were down by 30 points against Air Force last night. I haven't looked at the sports section or checked online for the score. I can't stomach it.
If the game had been here I probably would've left early and I just don't do that. I believe in the 3 pointer on the buzzer, the miracle touchdown, the last pitch of the 9th inning. I know how it ends but I don't leave a production of Hamlet until Fortinbras says, "Let four captains
Bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage;
For he was likely, had he been put on,
To have prov'd most royally; and for his passage
The soldiers' music and the rites of war
Speak loudly for him.
Take up the bodies. Such a sight as this
Becomes the field but here shows much amiss.
Go, bid the soldiers shoot."
Except that it is probably a deeply frightening place, I'd love to have been in Giacoletti's head last night. What was he thinking when he told/allowed the team to run down time when they were that far behind? You can play catch with the shot clock when you're up by 20 but not when you're that far behind.
So much deep talent not being used... I don't even want to think about it, but I'll be one of the 40 or so people at the game on Saturday.
Well...
10 years ago
