CBS has betrayed me. I'll get to Davidson's amazing run to the Elite Eight soon enough, but right now I'm irate that the technical people at CBS let me down and let me down hard. We're talking about a betrayal of Judas'esque proportions. And it's all because of the absence of one man.
WHERE THE HELL WAS DELL CURRY?!?!?
The father of Davidson superstar Stephen Curry was nowhere to be seen during the broadcast of Davidson's spectacular upset of Wisconsin on Friday night. We've been subjected to countless cut-a-ways of Dell during Davidson's first two games in the NCAA Tournament. Then...for reasons that defy comprehension and DEMAND explanation...there was no Dell Curry face time at all during his son's sweet sixteen triumph. After borderline overexposure, CBS decides to keep the cameras off of Dell during the biggest game of his son's life? I'm not even mad about looking ridiculous on my over/under bet (Who am I kidding...of course I'm mad about this). I'm more disappointed that after living and rejoicing with Mr. & Mrs. Curry over the past couple of weekends, we were denied the opportunity to share in their joy during what had to be one of their proudest moments as parents.
I should end my post there as that was pretty damn heartfelt. But I have to say a few more things. I'm going double-or-nothing and carrying my prediction over to the Elite Eight game against Kansas where I GUARANTEE that there will be 7 or more cut-a-ways to Dell Curry. This MUST happen! I refuse to go one more round with this Davidson team without the pleasure of sharing the highs and lows with the Curry family. I'm too invested at this point. I've mocked how CBS defaulted to Stephen's dad so often during the tournament, but I think I've talked about it so much at this point that I NEED those cut-a-ways in my life! I'm sad and lonely without them!
I thought that there may have been a chance that Mr. and Mrs. Curry (for some reason) were not in attendance Friday night to see their son lead Davidson to victory yet again. This article proves that they were, in fact, at the game. Dell is even quoted in the article.
I'm disheartened by the decision that CBS made to not include Mr. and Mrs. Curry in their broadcast. We get three shots of Lebron James and none of the Curry family? What a freaking abomination.
What a fantastic ride this Davidson team is on right now. What a fantastic ride this Davidson team is taking the nation on right now. What a fantastic time for the Curry family. I hope to see you early and often during the Kansas game Mr. Curry. Go Wildcats!!!
1020 & 8101
well, davidson winning this game was pretty big. but we can't ignore how strong i was on this bet. where were the props for winning this? (thanks, matt, for the props in the other comment section). and i don't get a label for this? what gives?
ReplyDeleteso what is the line for the kansas game? i see no reason why you should lower it, i mean the bigger the game, the more shots of dell curry, right? but i'll allow a line of 7 and take the under. and when i win this bet, i want some recognition, even if you are in a state of depression.
Phil,
ReplyDeleteI will give you props for the strength of your bet...only after I get some props for how fantastic this column on Dell Curry is.
This entry is probably one of the best things I've written so far in this blog. In fact, this column is one of the greatest pieces of sports journalism to come out this year. I should be nominated for a Pulitzer because of this column. It's a story about fathers and sons...about never giving up...about hope...about the little guy triumphing...and about a stubborn author who was swayed to feel and believe the opposite of his initial stance. (Very anti-Billy Packer in that way)
I love how this column turned out. I had no idea where it was going when I began writing it. I thought it came together very well. Self-promotion all the way.
I may still move the line for the Kansas game. We'll see. You'll get some kind of recognition in due time. Go cats!
No way I am jumping in on this bet, there are only so many deep sea doubles that I can afford to dish out.
ReplyDeleteI would be careful about this bet, there have been a lot of artciles about how Ford Field is not only a really awkward place for the players to play at (something about depth perception issues), but it is also hard for CBS to have solid camera shots of specifc people in the crowd without wasting shots of the actual game (I guess they thought Lebron was important enough). At least that was implied during the some conversation during the 'Nova game yesterday by John Thompson (via radio).
Anyway, let the bet go on, but if Davidson invited Lebron to their Sweet Sixteen game, who are they going to invite to the Elite Eight game? And who will CBS choose to focus on, the students who they bussed in for free (could they mention that any more often during the broadcast) or Dell Curry?