I have never claimed (nor have I been asked) to be a Journalist. I am a fan who is lucky enough to talk about the teams on the radio. That might be semantics, but I’ll run with it until Mike Rivera strips it from my cold hands.

The benefits: I get to go to all the games, talk to the players and coaches, get “access.” The drawbacks: I can’t yell at the friggin’ Big 12 refs, I can’t do the 2nd part of “M-I-Z” at the KU game, I have to sit on my hands.

I sincerely hope no one expects me to be neutral. I wouldn’t be able to do this job if they did. Now, I try to look at things with objectivity, but let’s be honest, no fan can do that all the time. That’s probably why I live and die with the “results” as RPT calls them. It’s also why I was actively looking for the place on Bill Self’s head where the toupee begins.

It’s a matter of understanding your job. You’re there to report what happens; emotions simply cannot play a role in it.

But I will agree with rpt: you gain a greater appreciation for the event, the spectacle, the little things, when you don’t let yourself get emotionally caught up in it.

Is hysterical…+1 BILLION!!!