The Madness of March

It is March.

Many of you are excited, thinking that March means spring.

You are mistaken.

To me, March means something different.

It means the Madness has begun.

The March Madness.

Hello, my name is Janna and I have been keeping a secret from you. I am a MSU Men's Basketball Fanatic.

I went to Michigan State University from 1997-2001, during the era of the Flintstones, and the Golden Years of MSU Basketball. Back when Coach Tom Izzo had a baby boy and gave the boy a the name of Steven Mateen Izzo, named after Mateen Cleaves, Flintstone and amazing point guard for the Spartans. I cried along with Mateen when he kissed the floor of the Breslin Center on Senior day. What can I say? I am nerdy cool like that. I was also overwhelmed with beer emotion the day they won the NCAA championship. It is a little blurred, but I remember feeling as if I had won as well. It was a magical moment, one of my favorites in College. Oh yeah, and I had a big crush on this guy:

Ahh... my love for Morris Peterson (Mo Pete, as many only I affectionately refer to him) will never flicker out. Mr. Bee was a little jealous, but the way he shot his free throws...

Ahem. Getting a little hot in here?

Anywho...there have been a lot of great seasons since 2000, but none with quite the magic of that season. This year, however, the team did the unthinkable. They won the Big Ten Title, the first time since 1999. It's a good sign right? I'm a little unsure of the team this year, I mean their free throw record is horrible and they don't have a very good offense, but I want to believe. I want to be excited at the the possibility of a Big Ten Championship win, and a possible number one seed. I think I am regaining my madness. I can see what will happen now....

There will be many beers drank.

There will be many swear words uttered.

There will be many nails bitten.

There will be many tweets.

There will be Mr. Bee throwing the remote in protest.

There will be at least one day where I lose my voice.

It will be great.

Or, at least it will be fun.

Do they have the team to do it again? Who knows? The road to the final four has many twists and turns. I'd like to believe they have a shot, I'd also like to believe it will be above 50 degrees before May in Michigan. We shall see....

PS I know you guys have not forgotten about Friday Favorites. Tomorrow! Oops, wrote tomorrow, really meant Friday. Mr. Linky! Supah dupah fun! Get going!