The Sports Gods are smiling

The sports gods are smiling on me and my teams. I hope I didn't sign some contract in my dreams or anything like that Keanu Reeves devil movie.

WVU football wins the Sugar Bowl and will be a top-5 team to begin next year. WVU basketball wins on the road at UCLA and is headed for another deep tournament run. Now, the Steelers will go to the Super Bowl for the first time since 1995 with a chance to win for the first time since 1980. I remember the victory well; I was eight years old. If I had known that I've have to wait at least 26 years for another Super Bowl victory, I probably would have had a cigar that night, even though it was way past my bedtime.

Yesterday, Mrs. Undaground wasn't very happy when I poured a cooler of Gatorade on her as the game ended, but she understands my jubilation and she played along.

This now changes everything about Super Bowl Sunday. Instead of being the fun-loving party guy who hangs near the chicken wings and mingles with others, I will be the super-intense, stressed-out guy decked out in Steelers gear and laser-focused on the television. Mrs. Undaground will need to be right by my side to fend off anybody who wants to make small talk or say something positive if the Steelers are losing. There will be nothing fun about this Super Bowl. This is business.