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DFO: Zags Can Make Me Crazy

I have a confession to make. I yell at the TV when the Zags are playing. (And when my S.F. Giants were playing in the postseason last fall.) Last night, for example, I yelled, "you clown!" when Demitri Goodson fell down in the second half to turn the ball over -- even though "Meech" performed superbly as a point guard/ball handler all night. When Robert Sacre was getting mauled under the basket while trying to slam home 2 points, I wondered aloud re: where the refs had there heads. Even suggested a spot or two. In my defense, I don't get excited about too many sporting events. I have to care about a team that's in a crucial game. Gonzaga, the Giants, and mebbe Idaho & WSU in good years meet that simple criteria. I miss going to high school football and basketball games to get my yell out. It's therapeutic after a week of running this cyber circus. (SR photo/Dan Pelle, of Gonzaga's Demetri Goodson battles Dwight Hardy of St. John's going for loose ball.)

Question: Do you yell at the TV when the Zags are playing?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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