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Pastimes : 1998-1999 NCAA Men's College Basketball
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To: David M. Sawyer who wrote (482)3/24/1999 11:19:00 PM
From: Mr. Whist  Read Replies (1) of 571
 
Well said.

I remember driving from Covington to Maysville to Morehead a year ago this month. UK flags were flying proudly from many front porches. The bars and mom-and-pop general stores at the country crossroads were festooned with "Go Wildcats!" banners. Country schoolkids wore "Go UK" buttons. There was excitement in the air.

That's what tradition is all about, too. Hard to understand if you live in a suburb in Connecticut or California.

Last Friday (the day of the UK-Miami game) I stopped for breakfast at the Frisch's Big Boy restaurant on Madison Pike in Covington. About 20 senior citizens were in the restaurant. One of the old gals with a bleach-blonde bouffant and UK sweatshirt on walked by me on her way to the breakfast bar. When she loaded up her plate and came by me again, I observed that she had a bright blue "UK" painted on one side of her face. Then I noticed that she was one of many oldsters similarly "done up" for the game. No, they weren't traveling to St. Louis to see the big game. Like me, she probably enjoyed the action on TV at home, and, like me, probably turned off the TV sound to hear Ralph call the game on the radio, with three fingers of Maker's Mark at my side.

That's what tradition is all about, too. Hard to understand if you live in Washington, D.C., or Boston or aren't far removed from grad school in Durham, N.C.
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