It's been twenty years
And I can let the grudge go! ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK! Yes, I've held a bit of a grudge for 20 years as it was 1988 when KU won their last championship. I was an 11 year old 5th grader.At the time, KU was a heavy underdog to mighty Oklahoma, having been trounced twice by the Sooners during the regular season. Experts were predicting it to be a blowout of epic proportions. Kansas couldn't hold up with the run and gun style of OU.
Wrong.
The first half of the game was a shootout. KU and OU matched basket for basket in a breakneck pace and it was tied 50-50 at the break. Then the unthinkable happened.
I was sent to bed.
Yes. Really. My dad was watching the game with some of his friends and wasn't there to defend me and therefore I was cast aside to the darkness of my room. I was so mad that I could have chewed rocks and spit sand. I spent the next hour laying in my bed, with my radio blaring the game, just daring my mom to ask me to turn it down. With about a minute left, I took the chance and went upstairs to find my father home with a friend watching the end of the game as KU prevailed 83-79.
Last night was vindication for the ghosts in my past as KU once again claimed the national title. When Mario Chalmers' three dropped in with 2.1 seconds to go tying the score, I knew. I knew the Jayhawks were the national champions as Memphis's only low post threat was on the bench having fouled out. It was an incredible game and I laid my grudge to rest.
posted by Rusty @ 2:02 PM
Comments: 6
