The Sock 'Em, Bust 'Em Board Because that's our custom

Good company, I suppose

It’s funny, but when you’re in this line of work and you find yourself in one of those all too rare situations when you get to watch a sporting event when you don’t have to worry about writing about it, you inevitably wonder how you’d write about it. Well, seeing as if it’s been a while since I stopped trying to hide the fact I really dig soccer, I can safely say as I watched yesterday’s Champions League final, I was frankly jealous because of everything that happened. That would have been fun to cover.

I’m not a fan of either team. I roll with Liverpool, a rival in England’s Premier League, and I was sad to see the Reds lose to Chelsea in the second leg of the semifinals. The wife’s a Chelsea fan and I have to say it’s hard not to root for Chelsea and its emotional story.

Yet it was Manchester United that caught my eye yesterday in the pregame festivities. Listen closely. It’s a tradition at Man Utd. games and, much the same way as it is at WVU, a theme song. Sing along, if you’d like.

And if you’re keeping count now, the bandwagon has Randy Moss, T.I. and the winners of the Champions League. See title.