Finally, We All Can Feel Safe: The NCAA Reportedly Refused To Give Oakland/Jack Gohlke The Game Ball After He Hit 10 Threes
Fuck the NCAA for putting me into this spot here. On one hand, I despise the NCAA and how dumb they are. On the other hand, Jack Gohlke ruined my life this year and basically ended Kentucky basketball as I know it. I want that ball burned, I want it in the trash and destroyed. I never want to see it again considering I'm going to have live through Gohlke on One Shining Moment and every single March for the next decade. I won't be the same until Kentucky wins a title again. Until then I'll always be Gohlke'd.
But what is the NCAA doing here? Give them the fucking game ball. This means more to Oakland and Gohlke than your Hall of Fame, which I assume they want to put the ball? If not, what else are you doing with it? Someone just gonna hang on to it and maybe reuse it for an Elite Eight game. Those balls are cheap, I promise, we can afford a new one. I know the NCAA wants you to think they are being smart and protecting everyone here, but come on.
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There's nothing worse than watching the team you love the most get beat by a guy like Gohlke. All of America fell in love with Gohlke except me. I mean I wanted to. I loved him when I blogged about him and tweeted about him well before Selection Sunday. Then the committee did the unthinkable and gave Kentucky the hardest 14 seed of the draw. I'll never forgive them for that. While all of America was enjoying the show I was left flabbergasted. That's right, flabbergasted.
And yes, this is what Gohlke should have done:
Fuck the NCAA though. Just give the guy his game ball or let us Kentucky fans burn it like a football coach after a bad game. We need some closure here.
PS: Check out Gohlke on PMT