I’m starting to get the impression that this whole Duke vs. cryolina thing has finally gone just a bit off the deep end, at least in this house. It’s one thing to be a Duke obsessed fan engaged to an obsessed Tarhole, obviously that is something about which we are going to, “disagree.” And annoying as this might be, I’m totally fine with it, because I would only be worried if we did agree. Surely this would mean that hell had frozen over, the sky was falling, it’s the end of the world, etc.

But, does this really mean that we have to disagree on absolutely everything sports related? Apparently so, at least as far as my Tarhole is concerned. Let’s see here, first we have the rest of college basketball. Example: (Me) “Michigan State is a good team. Their coach is alright.” (Him) “Ugh. Bunch of punks and so is the coach. Why are we even watching this game? Go Wichita!!” Go Wichita? No offense meant to Wichita here, by any means, but I mean, come on…I’m quite sure this is not a team my Tarhole would have even paid any attention to, much less actually pull for, two seconds before this exchange. I’d understand if it was Wichita playing Duke and he pulled for them, that would be an obvious exception, one that all Duke and tool fans understand.

Then we have the NFL: (Me) “Go Falcons.” (Him) “The Falcons suck. I hate the f-ing Falcons. Hope they lose.” (On a side note, he liked the Falcons until…he met me!!) (Me) “Go Cowboys.” (Him) “F the Cowboys. They suck.” (Side note, he is a Redskins fan, so this is to be expected, I suppose.)

MLB: (Me) “I’m not too big on baseball, but having to make a choice, I go with the Braves.” (Him) “Whatever. The Braves, ugh. Least ya ain’t no Yankees fan.” (Does it even need to be said that he had no problems with the Braves, in fact, I’m willing to place good money that he actually pulled for them on more than a few occasions until…he met me.)

The list could go on and on (and on). I’m betting if for some reason we were watching golf, he’d adamantly wish bad luck on any golfer he even thought there’d be a chance that I’d like more than the others. I’m thinking you probably get it by this point. If not, then chances are that you’re a tool fan.