Preseason Bracketology

It's November. Usually most people get excited about November because it's apparently so close to Christmas (Charlotte, it's still too early to decorate!). I celebrate November because COLLEGE BASKETBALL begins in November:). This year is already looking to be one of my best years; North Carolina is out to defend their National Championship with a Preseason No. 4 Ranking; West Virginia (ranked 9th) is loaded with talent and has one of the best coaches in the game in Bob Huggins; Michigan mirrors West Virginia in virtually everything, as well as they should (John Beilein left Morgantown to take the reigns in Ann Arbor) and are ranked 15th, the highest since the Fab Five Freshmen won it all in 1989; BYU is once again the favorite to win the Mountain West and has the best team to get past the first round for the first time since 1993.

My four favorite teams are primed to have excellent seasons, and if it all pans out the way it should, it will indeed be the most wonderful time of the year, at least for me.

To kick off the 09-10 season, I made my own Preseason Bracketology (for those of you who don't understand this word, it means predicting the 65-team bracket that is unveiled in March). Call me an optimist, but I think this is a legit prediction. Apparently, you can't attach or post an Excel file on Blogger, so you won't be able to see my beautiful bracket (I know how all of you will be so disappointed that you can't see it;)). Anyway, long story short, I have Duke, Butler, Michigan, and North Carolina in the Final Four with my beloved Tar Heels beating our dreaded Tobacco Road rivals to repeat as National Champions!

It's looking like a wonderful season, not only for me, but for College Basketball Crazies around the Nation. Only 119 days till Selection Sunday and 123 days til MARCH MADNESS!!!! GO HEELS/COUGS/EERS/BLUE!

Halloween: Mullen XC Style

So for Halloween - and my birthday - Mullen was supposed to be racing at State, but, because of some 18 inches of snow, it was postponed till the following week (which, in turn, helped out our guys team; they took 5th in 4A when they were ranked 18th!). So, naturally, we had practice that morning. But since it was Halloween, we all decided to dress up. Here are the pictures of our kids cool enough to run in costume!




























Oh and during our team breakfast at iHop, they decided to tell our waitress it was my birthday. So iHop, along with my team, sang to me. Crazy