As I talked my 13 y.o. son off the ledge last night while some people were being total assclowns atthe Bdubbs we were in, chiding and jeering at him. He was in tears a couple times, but I walked him through that while this sucks, it's simply the life of a sports fan sometimes, and in the end for the common fan, that's where it ends. The vast majority of us have it pretty good, and other than the natural family tragedies we will eventually encounter over time, we enjoy a helluva care-free life. I told him it's going to be a beautiful summer and lucky for us we have a pool, so we have that to look forward to. He has track season coming up, so we can go for run together today to ramp up for that.
And flipping back to sports, I said hey, what if Brownsburg, (a local highschool that has a top recruit heading to Purdue in 2 years, Canon Catchings) upsets #1 undefeated Ben Davis tmrw night in New Castle for the semi-state. Wouldn't that be something to go to live? They did win this morning so I bought tix. And just like that, as disappointed as we are, we're ready to continue this fandom road of being a glutton for punishment. It's because we're sports diehards. And it's because hope springs eternal. So yes we'll do it all over again with Purdue football in 2023 as Walters builds the program and in 2023-24 when Painter figures out how to bring Purdue back from this very low moment entering what will likely be with preseason #3 of higher if Edey returns.
