For an instant today, I remembered that gut wrenching feeling we all have forgotten, that feeling of what it was like to get beat by Michigan.
For an instant! For 2.1 seconds to be exact. That's how long it took Evan Turner to take two dribbles to center court. And then, like the clouds in a fast moving thunderstorm, it went away. With 0.1 second on the clock...the ball left his hand. With 0.0 seconds on the clock, and an eternity later... swish! The heavens opened, the skies brightened, the sun shone, and that sinking, gut wrenching, feeling, that feeling we have only felt 3 times in the last 22 meetings, well once again, it all went away.
If you weren't lucky enough to see the ending today, find it on ESPN. Find it on YouTube. If you saw it live it was so unbelievable, you will never forget it. I mean this was Keith Byars running without his shoe. This was Jerry Lucas's hook shot. This was Rex Kern waving the punt team off the field. Bob White driving the length of the field against Iowa. Vic Janowicz kicking a field goal in a blizzard.
Some might say it was only the opening round of a lowly conference tournament. True. But it was Michigan, and we were beaten, and E.T. raised us from the dead. It was unbelievable, and it was spectacular.
And after doing this, how did E.T. celebrate? It might surprise you, but then if you have followed him it shouldn't. Check out Bob Hunters blog: