In the meantime here in AZ, the Mackenzies have made Patriots fans out of us! We shouldn't have been surprised; Rebecca and Manuel took an early December trip to visit friends in Boston - good friends, who came up with Patriots tickets for them! They came home with tales of glee...tailgating with the best of them, then watching the Patriots add one more win to their undefeated 2007-2008 record. When we met up with Doug and Nancy Mackenzie in AZ, Patriot fever took on a whole new meaning. Never mind the old joke about Boston being God's Country (providing a direct phone line to heaven, based on the Patriots and the Red Sox}, as we watched the December and January games, the Robfam was carefully monitoring Doug's blood pressure as he helped the Patriots to win after win. This week, we've spotted Tom Brady wearing a boot and limping a little during practice. Now we're heading into Super Bowl weekend; Doug tells us that he'll be watching from Phoenix while visiting an old friend there, but we think he's really checking into the Phoenix branch of the Mayo Clinic, just in case it's a close game!
After the Australian Open, and anticipating the end of the NFL season, I have turned all my energy again to the Arizona Wildcats' basketball team.
Last season, I watched Mustafa Shakur and Ivan Radinovich play their hearts out and end the season with dismay. I almost blamed myself...after years of following Polar bball with moderate success, after several years of cheering for MN Gophers bball, only to be disappointed by the problems during the Haskins tenure, I decided to try again to be a fan. I bought a beautiful red Wildcats T shirt last year, and the team immediately went into the tank! This year started out the same way...Lute, the King Coach, disappeared for personal reasons, the Wildcats dropped out of the top 25 teams in the country, and key players were plagued with injuries which kept them off the court. But...HOPE springs eternal! During the Christmas Fiesta Bowl tourney, Dick and I, Rebecca and Manuel scored some FREE tickets and spent a wild afternoon in the McHale Center watching my CATS win! 
After a brief decline, they're winning again! It might not be too late to save the season, and if you follow the sports page, you'll notice the amazing upsets of the past two weeks! Now I'm going to invite you to join the fan club. Watch these players: Bayless, Hill, Wise, McClellan and Budinger. There are others too, but those are my current favorites. Now, here's the interactive part of my blog: Go online to Arizona basketball or AZ Star newspaper, look at pictures of the team members. Then, you tell me....Chase Budinger is the spittin' image of which famous character from history/art/music/films? The first person to respond with the right answer, excluding immediate family members, will win a latte at Starbucks or Caribou...your call!
No sooner will we dispatch the NCAA tournament, but opening day of the Twins will be here! Go Twins!
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