Sports-filled Sunday for the Texas fan

by RLee49 on Mar 15, 2008 8:49 PM CDT

It might be a bold statement, but tomorrow (Sunday March 16th) just might be one of the best days for Texas sports fans. If you are both a Longhorn and Rockets fan, your "recall" or "last" button on your remote will be worn out well before halftime tomorrow. With the Texas/Kansas game beginning at 2 Central and the Rockets/Lakers game starting at 2:30 Central, our wives, husbands, or significant other will likely be cross-eyed and awestruck by our channel surfing skills.

If those drama-filled and nail-biting games aren't enough for the sports glutton; following these games is the controversial and oddly interesting 2008 March Madness Selection Sunday Special. Personally, this is my favorite time of the year and I'm "giddy as a schoolgirl". If tomorrow lives up to half of the hype I will be pleased.

Where does this sports day rank for you?

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There's the last baseball game with Kansas too...

right?

by aorist9 on Mar 15, 2008 9:37 PM CDT reply actions

yes there is

I got free tickets from work, so I'll finally get to check out all of the renovations.

by afaeguy on Mar 16, 2008 1:42 AM CDT up reply actions

I will definitely be pressing the recall button

many... many times.

I hope I can watch either the UT or Rockets game online, so then I can watch the other on TV.

I do have good news though. According to the ESPN TV Guide, they will show a replay of the Rockets/Lakers game at 1:30am on ESPN2.

Houston Rockets winning streak currently at: 21 games

by goingforthecorner on Mar 15, 2008 11:37 PM CDT reply actions

Yep

It's a shame they had to both be at the same time, but I'll be in heaven tomorrow...don't think I've been this excited about basketball since we won those championships while I was in high school...

by Drinking the Orange Kool Aid on Mar 16, 2008 12:37 AM CDT reply actions

i wonder...

how big the bandwagon effect is going to be after this 22nd win.

by UTrumbo on Mar 16, 2008 5:53 PM CDT reply actions

The effect is noticeable at the very least...

My cousin and her husband spent some time at my house this weekend and he told me he isn't into basketball, but he's quickly becoming a Rockets fan because of all the craze going on in Houston right now.

First off, I don't know how a straight guy isn't into Houston sports, or at least some "bandwagon-worthy" basketball team. I live north of Houston now, but he tells me you can't turn on the radio or go anywhere without hearing something about the Rockets. I remember it was like that during the 94/95 back-to-back seasons.

I spend some time over at the ESPN.com commentary boards during the games and it's nothing but two or three Rockets fans with a ton of Lakers haters. Then after the game is over you see a large number of Rockets "bandwagon" fans show up to either smack talk against whoever lost (Lakers were the unlucky party today). Most of the Rockets fans I've seen over there are level-headed, but rude fans of teams like the Lakers usually get the bad-mouthing started and it just escalates.

by RLee49 on Mar 16, 2008 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions