For all the people who want the SEC to reimburse them for the money they spent traveling to Atlanta and hotel reservations; get over it!  You got your money back on the tickets.  I have an idea, why don’t you appeal to God?  The tornado that hit downtown Atlanta and damaged the Georgia Dome was an act of nature and the SEC handled the situation effectively.  I’m tired of people complaining and questioning why they didn’t let people know eight minutes prior that there was a tornado warning.  What could have been done with the 30,000 people–nothing.  

Yes, I know many were upset that they lost money and didn’t get to see the games they traveled to see, but sometimes we don’t get everything we want.  Isn’t that something our parents taught us when we were two?  Too many people are looking for quick money that they don’t have to work for.   

We are fortunate that no one was injured in the dome and it seems that the Alabama/Miss. State game going into overtime may have saved many lives.  We can all think Mykal Riley for that.  He hit the important three at the buzzer. 

So, how about being thankful that you’re alive and not missing a limb or picking yourself up from being slammed against the side of the CNN building. 

The NCAA Basketball tournament is one of my favorite times of the year.  I will be filling out a few brackets early this week, and I can’t wait until the games in Birmingham this weekend because I’ll be there.  I love seeing how hard each team plays.  Alabama Investor and I were just talking about the Kansas Kurse.  I’m sure I’ll have them getting beat in the 2nd or 3rd round because that’s normally what they do.  I have a group created on ESPN called Bamaembarrassment2.  If you want to join this tournament challenge, holler.  Stubbs, you better join because you’re going down. 

And it looks like I was wrong on Bama getting an invite to the NIT.  Oh well.  I did enjoy seeing Virginia Tech get left out of the big dance after watching their coach call the committee ‘certifiably insane’ if they didn’t think his team was one of the top 65 teams in the country.  That rant didn’t help any because he’s now headed to the NIT.  His team probably is one of the top 65 teams in the country, but we know the Big Dance isn’t necessarily the top 65 teams.   

I officiated a youth basketball tournament all day yesterday.  The first game was girls and it was hard not to call traveling or double dribble about every two seconds.  One game’s score was 2-0, and the others were very low.  We were a little more strict on the boys, but we still let them play without blowing the whistle often.  It was a nice little workout because we probably called 10-12 games throughout the day. 

After watching Bama lose to Miss. State tonight following an hour weather delay was disappointing, but I wonder, will we be invited to the NIT?  Before the seaon was over I would have answered that question: “Definitely Not”, but we may have a chance now.  Our play was decent tonight in my opinion.  We were lucky to make it to overtime with that miraculous 3-pointer by Riley as time expired.  If we go to the NIT, I won’t expect much, but I still hope we win several games.  I’ll always be a big fan. 
    
Speaking of weather, how about that tornado that hit downtown Atlanta during the overtime period?  It was loud and I’m sure peole inside the building thought the roof was coming down.  Winter and Spring in the south are unpredictable.   

The SEC Tournament began today and Alabama played Florida.  We jumped out 14-0 and ended up winning by 11.  Once again Riley had a great night from behind the crimson arc.  I was very impressed with how we passed the ball and played defense.  We tried to give it away in the second half, which I expected, but found a way to win.  This is the first time we’ve won two SEC games in a row this year. 

We play Mississippi State tomorrow and are capable of beating them.  I won’t get my hopes up too much, but if we play like we did tonight, we’ll advance past State.

Steven, what did you think about the game?  We even made improvements from the free throw line. 

Does anyone else like this show?  This is the first season that I’ve paid much attention to it.  For those of you that find it entertaining, you were not let down last night, or at least I wasn’t.  I loved seeing Piers’ very strong feelings towards Omarosa drive him to do whatever it took to get her off the show.  I was afraid his motives would backfire on him, but I was wrong.  I’m not a big fan of Piers either, but I have to admit that he is pretty effective when it comes to making money.  Of course, it doesn’t hurt to know lots of people with money that you can just call up and ask them to drop a few grand on the spot.  It’s safe to say that Piers purely hates Omarosa.  And I can’t blame him after what she repeatedly said about his family.
 
Last night’s ending was priceless and I loved his reaction to her accusations.  Looked like Trump did to.  I felt bad for Trace Adkins though, but he’ll get over it.  Thanks to the power of a DVR (Tivo), I can now watch a few shows on TV.