This is one of my favorite times of the year. Not because of the impending doom that is winter weather nor the mass exodus of available spending money due to the holidays. This is the time of year when my two favorite sports play at the same time. That’s right, it’s that time again. The NBA is upon us and NFL is about half way through the season, same with college football. College basketball starts in a few weeks and I’m already excited about March Madness.

Now I’m what is called a “homer”. My favorite teams are all Detroit teams. My favorite NBA team is the Pistons, favorite NFL team is the Lions (very painful at times although we are 6-2 right now!), favorite MLB team is the Tigers. I don’t watch hockey but I root for the Red Wings too. Pistons still need some work but I think Van Gundy can pull them together. Lions are finally playing up to their talent level and Calvin Johnson isn’t even playing to his potential yet, or at all. I think both the Lions and Pistons will make the playoffs this year (barely) but I don’t think either would make it past the first round. The Lions will probably be a wild card because I think Green Bay will finish with a better record by one win. The Pistons will hopefully be the 7th or 8th seed, but that also means we would probably play LeBron or D Rose in the first round being that their teams will probably be 1 or 2. Either way, I just hope for playoffs.

When it comes to college sports, I’m also a homer. I went to Morehouse College which does not have a major D1 sports program (Although we do have some stellar athletes that are Morehouse Men like Edwin Moses) so I root for my home teams. Being a Detroiter who does not have parents that went to either Michigan or State, I root for both. Now my friends who went to either school and/or have parents that did say I can’t do that which is understandable on their part. But I didn’t go there so I can root for both. Lol. When they play each other, I root for the one that has the better chance of winning the championship (sorry Michigan). I will say that I lean more towards Michigan for football and State for basketball, although I was a Fab Five fan (like most of Detroit) in the past and State’s football team is stellar right now. I often wonder if I stayed in state for college, which one I would have chosen. Also, like many Detroiters, I hate that team in ohio. Lol. But seriously.

So are you ready for victory? Then grab your Michigan made libation, order some locally made pizza, get your favorite team’s snuggie and enjoy. Hopefully your teams are good, if not, that’s what the drink is for.