4 things I'm excited about

So there are four things over the next two days that I would normally really be looking forward to individually and by coincidence or divine providence they are all happening in a short period of time.  They are: Super Tuesday, Duke at UNC, Mexico vs. USA and national signing day for college football recruits.  Just for fun, I'll rate my excitement (in order):

 

1. Duke/UNC - 10/10 on the excitement scale - #2 vs. #3 (damn you Memphis for not losing and setting up #1 vs. #2), at the Dean Dome, I'm going, it doesn't get a whole better than that (well unless Ty Lawson was playing that is).

 

2. Super Tuesday - also a 10 but loses out to Duke/UNC for me, though I wouldn't have thought an election (and even more a primary) could get this close to the biggest game in college basketball in my eyes.  But what I can say, my Obama boner is raging.  Like Duke/UNC, I'm hoping for the best but still preparing for the worst.  Put me on suicide watch if Hillary wins big and the Heels lose as well.

 

3. Mexico/USA - 8/10 - would be more excited if it was a qualifier instead of a friendly but Mexico is bringing a really strong team and the US hasn't had a big game in a while, so I'm getting pretty pumped (sadly I'll have to watch it recorded since it's on at the exact same time as Duke/UNC - as many nights as I've got nothing to watch and the two best sporting events in a while have to be on at the exact same time?).  I'm especially excited to see Adu and Altidore, not to mention the scoring machine Michael Bradley (he has literally been scoring every game for Heerenveen for the last month now and has 16 goals on the season - and he's a midfielder!).

 

4. National signing day - 7/10 - I've been following UNC's football recruiting more this year than ever in the past so I'm pretty excited for this.  We've got a decent class so far but signing day is huge and there are several big recruits we're still in the picture for.  Though I'm not nearly as obsessive about college football as basketball, it would be pretty cool to have a good football team, and with Butch Davis at the helm, I'm sure we'll eventually get there.