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In Greek Mythology, the Titan Prometheus is credited with stealing fire from the gods and giving it to man (I read it in wikipedia, so it must be true). As punishment for his crime, Zeus had him tied to a cliff where a giant eagle would eat his liver only for it to grow back over night and again be eaten the next day (which for many of us is sooo college).

Let's be honest, the ancient Greeks were some pretty sick fucks right? Not a bad realization of hell.

Welp, here's mine. Every year for the past 4 years I've spent the entire summer/fall leading to basketball season convincing myself that I shouldn't get my hopes up about Maryland Basketball because it's pretty clear that we have a lack of talent and/or general ability. Then, outta nowhere, they bring me back in with a unexpected win. After bringing back down to Earth with the conference schedule, they make a crazy run at .500 complete with a memorable upset against Duke, UNC, or maybe both.

Then something awful happens. Gary's smoke and mirrors fade, and we fall flat. In 2005, as I looked on from my seat in the Verizon Center, it was a never before seen third straight loss to Clemson in the ACC Tourney. 2007 we made the Tournament!!! But then we lost to mid-major Butler on St. Patrick's Day. Not even several carbombs could erase the pain that day.

Now that all my friends are, thanks to Lost...


** LOST SPOILER ALERT***





...pulling a John Locke, looking for extension cords to hang themselves with, let me try to find the silver lining here.

Despite recent history, I'm really trying to tell myself that maybe we can pull this off. One thing is for sure, I won't be present in Charlottesville Saturday afternoon. I was in the Cable Box for the last two losses, and so I'll be taking one for the team and heading to Hoboken St. Patrick's Day. A sacrifice I wouldn't wish on anyone.

It makes me nervous to even mention that we have some games coming up for fear of being responsible for another first week of March fiasco. Hopefully we break out of this month of March funk. If we don't I'm probably just going to simulate an animal eating my entire liver.

I'm sure I won't be alone.