Well – you all might have to put up with a lot of ranting from the Lunatic! Ever since I stepped into Mackey Arena for the first time in 1991 to watch my first Purdue basketball game, I thought about how exciting it would be to watch my Boilers play in the Final 4. And now that moment is 7 hours away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So much nervous energy. So much excitement. So much material left for the blog. Because with the Final 4 consuming almost every thought for me, it only makes sense for those thoughts to find their way into the blog. I almost went golfing to try to take my mind off of it – it does look like it will be a beautiful day. But I couldn’t risk running into a 5 1\/2 hour round and not getting back in time for the game. I should probably find a way to do some exercise – maybe I will see if I can shoot above 70 percent from the line again this afternoon. It is very unclear at this point as the Lunatic struggles with his emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are some blog stories that he hasn’t written yet – partially because he couldn’t figure out the right way to write them, and partially because he has been enjoying the games so much. That will probably fill my Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So much excitement!!!! So much anticipation!!!! The Final Four is almost here!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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