I know, I know. This is starting to look like a blog solely for the Butler Bulldog men's basketball team. I don't care. This was a big year, and I am proud. I am so proud that I will voice my pride in any way I can, including this blog.
Besides, after a game like last night, how can you not write something about it??
But that something I'm going to write isn't going to be about the specifics of the game that everyone is talking about. Not because that isn't important - It is.
BUT there is something much more important in all of this Butler championship game stuff than just not coming out on top in the end.
Butler has always been that team that nobody thought could do anything. We are the underdogs, the Cinderella, the tiny little school from Indiana with no hope of making any noticeable run in the tournament.
In the last 8 years, we have proven all of the nay-sayers wrong. Everyone who ever doubted Butler as a force was wrong. With consistent spots in the tournament, including shots at the national title in the last two years, we are anything but an underdog.
The team that nobody thought had a chance, made a chance for themselves. They made it all the way to the national championship TWO YEARS IN A ROW. I, for one, have never been prouder to be a Butler Bulldog.
What they have done is proven that it's not the size or the big names that take you far in this world. It's your heart, your determination, and your drive. And at the end of the day, what is important is the people around you and your integrity. It's not the size of the [Butler Bull]dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the [Butler Bull]dog.
We may not have won the last game, but this little private school from Indiana wreaked havoc on brackets all over the country for two consecutive years. That is a major accomplishment.
And who knows...maybe the third times the charm. Here's to next year!
GO BUTLER!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment