Penn State Is VB Champ--Again

My junior high age granddaughter plays and loves volleyball. Tonight was the finals of the NCAA volleyball championships between the University of Texas and Penn State. We watched on espnU. The Longhorns won the first two games against the #1 ranked Nittany Lions. In 37 matches this season, the Lions had only lost 5 games total. So they were being challenged by UT in ways they had not all year long. But the Lions rallied to win the next three games and thus their third straight national title. It was nail-biting entertainment!

Competition in the Air

Right now there is extreme competition going on in at least a couple of realms. One is the NCAA basketball world. March Madness is just beginning and will infect the country for the next three weeks. The jockeying for a place in the 65-team tournament field is important to the athletes and to the institutions for which they play. The players will gain fame, and in many cases, fortune based on their performance in the pressure games against the best talent. And, of course, the colleges and universities that play in the tournament get to share in the revenues generated by the spectacle. Talk about competition!

And in the spring training camps for the major league baseball teams there is a lot on the line for the young players and the marginal players trying to make a roster. The money for a major league player is substantial, but for a minor leaguer, it is much more difficult to make ends meet. And for the younger guys, there is the worry that their talents may not allow them to fulfill the dream they have had for as long as they can remember.

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So Much For My Final Four Predictions

I had University of Texas beating Texas A&M in the Final Four, but losing to Florida in the finals. Texas went out meekly to Southern Cal in the second round, and A&M stumbled out in the round of 16 to Memphis. Acie Law will remember a missed lay up in the final few seconds for a long time.

Florida is still alive, but my bracket is not looking too good right now!

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